Moby-Dick or, the Whale
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Moby-Dick or, the Whale

By Herman MelvilleNarrated by Stewart Wills
Length24h 22m

About this audiobook

"It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar wind blows through it, and birds of prey hover over it." So Melville wrote of his masterpiece, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history. In part, Moby-Dick is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopaedia of whaling lore and legend, the book can be seen as part of its author's lifelong meditation on America. Written with wonderfully redemptive humour, Moby-Dick is also a profound inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception.

Audiobook details

Rating★★★★ 3.8 (654.6K)
Includes Goodreads, LibraryThing, StoryGraph, Amazon
GenreOther, Children's Literature
Length24 hrs 22 mins
Narrated byStewart Wills
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJul 16, 2022
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Etymology and Extracts
23Chapters 59, 60, 61, 62 and 63
2Chapters 1 and 2
24Chapters 64, 65, 66 and 67
3Chapter 3
25Chapters 68, 69, 70 and 71
4Chapters 4, 5, 6 and 7
26Chapters 72 and 73
5Chapters 8 and 9
27Chapters 74, 75, 76 and 77
Show all chapters
6Chapters 10, 11 and 12
28Chapters 78, 79 and 80
7Chapters 13, 14 and 15
29Chapters 81 and 82
8Chapter 16
30Chapters 83, 84, 85 and 86
9Chapters 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21
31Chapters 87 and 88
10Chapters 22, 23, 24 and 25
32Chapters 89, 90 and 91
11Chapters 26 and 27
33Chapters 92, 93, 94, 95 and 96
12Chapters 28, 29, 30 and 31
34Chapters 97, 98, 99 and 100
13Chapter 32
35Chapters 101, 102, 103 and 104
14Chapters 33, 34 and 35
36Chapters 105, 106, 107 and 108
15Chapters 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40
37Chapters 109, 110, 111, 112 and 113
16Chapter 41
38Chapters 114, 115, 116, 117 and 118
17Chapters 42, 43 and 44
39Chapters 119, 120, 121, 122 and 123
18Chapters 45, 46 and 47
40Chapters 124, 125, 126 and 127
19Chapters 48, 49 and 50
41Chapters 128, 129, 130, 131 and 132
20Chapters 51, 52 and 53
42Chapter 133
21Chapter 54
43Chapter 134
22Chapters 55, 56, 57 and 58
44Chapter 135 and Epilogue
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