FTP, identify this novella by Herman Melville about the title captain held captive by slaves.
This story opens with the anchoring of the Bachelor's Delight in the harbor of St. Maria, an island off the southern coast of Chile, and it was later made into a play by Robert Lowell. The protagonist was almost killed when a balustrade collapsed, and in the end the title character retired to a monastery, and was buried near the remains of Don Alexandro Aranda, whose bones were used as a figurehead. A revolt occured aboard the San Dominick, and its leader later tried to kill the title character, but was saved by Amasa Delano. FTP, identify this novella by Herman Melville about the title captain held captive by slaves.
This story opens with the anchoring of the Bachelor's Delight in the harbor of St. Maria, an island off the southern coast of Chile, and it was later made into a play by Robert Lowell.
{Benito Cereno}