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Moby Dick

By: Herman Melville
Narrated by: Duncan Carse
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About this listen

 Moby-Dick by Herman Melville is a classic of American and world literature.

Written in 1851, this is the incredible story of the crazed captain Ahab who, consumed by his desire for revenge, drives his crew to scour the oceans of the world for the fearsome white whale, Moby Dick. It soon becomes clear that Ahab will stop at nothing and is prepared to risk everything, his ship, his crew members, and his own life.

Herman Melville (1819 - 1891) was an American novelist short story writer, essayist and poet.

Please note: This is a vintage recording. The audio quality may not be up to modern day standards.

Public Domain (P)2009 RNIB Action & Adventure Classics

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Critic reviews

"You will learn more about life, your own and other people's, from Middlemarch, Madame Bovary or Moby-Dick than you are likely to from yards and yards of memoir."( The Times)
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worth listening to, as it is a milestone in American literature. good narration,
these long books always easier to have as audio

interesting classic, ponderous at times

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i love the eloquent reading, the insights to whaling and the occasional thrilling hunt. The narrator seema so natural.

articulate

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I'm not going to lie, I never understood why this book is so lauded. Its way longer than it needs to be, made so by the authors need to waffle as he does. When the action is taking place aboard the ship, the story is great. Good action, and lots of detail about whales and whale hunting. The issue is the author digresses way too much. For example, they caught a different whale than usual and he talked about the differences between the two species; fine, but that went on for ages. Another time something reminded him of an article he once read. OK, but did he really need to then recite the entire said article word for word? I'm not surprised many prefer the abridged version, with all the unnecessary parts taken out.

I don't get it

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sorry i could not get into it.

dont buy it

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