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Moby Dick

By: Herman Melville
Narrated by: B. J. Harrison
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In the dark depths of the bottomless sea dwells a white demon, taking shape as the Leviathan known as Moby Dick. One year ago, the malefic brute crunched off the leg of the ungodly Captain Ahab, who now swears revenge. So runs the epic tale of Moby Dick, the supernal work of Herman Melville. In this unabridged production, you will walk with the young sailor Ishmael through the fires of life on a whaling vessel. Each character is brought to life by the narration of B.J. Harrison, who also turns Melville’s sometimes over-potent expository information into an easily digestible treat.

Public Domain (P)2013 B.J. Harrison Classics
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Moby Dick immerses you in a world that no longer exists. It lets you experience this half made world with beauty, fear, immediacy, and a visceral surrounding of the sights and smells of a world inhabited by monsters and cannibals, taking with yourself a somehow very relatable view of the characters that you live amongst, with all of their decisions, fears, longings. It's as informative as an encyclopaedia.

Immersive

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There are some fascinating elements of how dependent on whales and their oil western economies and lifestyles once were, but not much substance to keep the reader entertained. This book is mostly full of painfully drawn out descriptions of inconsequential thoughts or events, written in painfully drawn out prose that are designed to appease an avid reader of ancient biblical texts.

Tedious

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