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Moby Dick

Written by: Herman Melville
Narrated by: William Hootkins
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"Call me Ishmael." Thus starts the greatest American novel. Melville said himself that he wanted to write "a mighty book about a mighty theme" and so he did. It is a story of one man's obsessive revenge-journey against the white whale, Moby-Dick, who injured him in an earlier meeting. Woven into the story of the last journey of The Pequod is a mesh of philosophy, rumination, religion, history, and a mass of information about whaling through the ages.

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Public Domain (P)2005 NAXOS AudioBooks Ltd.
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Masterpiece

Great story and performance. Always wanted to go through this book and was finally able too with audible.

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It’s a classic for a reason.

The narrator was brilliant. Able to cast a unique voice and timbre to each character.

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Fantastic

It would be difficult for me to read this book, but listening to it was excellent. Well worth the time.

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Worth hearing

What an odd American tale. I enjoyed the performance. I learned a lot about American whaling.

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Best reading out there!

It was a very dramatic reading. Loved it! Hootkins is fabulous. I have heard other readings of Moby Dick and nothing comes close to Hootkins

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Oh Captain, my Captain.

Wonderfully read. Truly.

At time the narrative can be somewhat tedious in its chapters on describing cetaceans, but it’s understandable that at the time this was written, there was no way to ‘google’ whales.

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Excellent

Being much older now then when first exposed to Moby Dick I think I have learned a few things.

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Simply the best

If you’ve ever struggled reading this book I highly suggest listening to the audio version. The narration is incredible and brings to life this book.

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Most enjoyable 19th century classic!

Had no idea this book is so entertaining; thought this to be an classic epic tale, but it is also very witty, humorous, and highly scientific, progressive for its time.

And amazing narration!

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Excellent Performance

While there is no doubt this is a great, timeless novel, parts are just as tedious as a three year whaling voyage. But the passionate narration helped get me through and I'm so glad I did! Thanks for the free classic, Audible!

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