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Moby-Dick

By: Herman Melville
Narrated by: Frank Muller
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Its famous opening line, "Call me Ishmael", dramatic in its stark simplicity, begins an epic that is widely regarded as the greatest novel ever written by an American. Labeled variously a realistic story of whaling, a romance of unusual adventure and eccentric characters, a symbolic allegory, and a drama of heroic conflict, Moby Dick is first and foremost a great story. It has both the humor and poignancy of a simple sea ballad, as well as the depth and universality of a grand odyssey.

When Melville's father died in 1832, the young man's financial security went too. For a while he turned to school-mastering and clerking, but failed to make a sustainable income. In 1840 he signed up on the whaler, Acushnet, out of New Bedford, Massachusetts. He was just 21. A whaler's life turned out to be both arduous and dangerous, and in 1842, Melville deserted ship. Out of this experience and a wealth of printed sources, Melville crafted his masterpiece.

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"Master narrator Frank Muller makes the most of his astonishing theatrical talents and vast experience to perform this tale of extraordinary drama. Muller uses emphasis and pauses to bring clarity to the visual depictions of life on the high seas, as seen by the doe-eyed Ishmael as he is led by the maniacal Captain Ahab. Listeners will hear the depth of emotions in Muller's voice as he paints the stark and shattering visuals of this classic story of revenge and, ultimately, survival." (AudioFile magazine)

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I have been wanting to "read" Moby Dick for some time, but just haven't had the time. Audio is a great way to experiance this classic. Frank Muller made this book come alive...and that is hard to do, because a reader can get bogged down in some of the natural history chapters...but not Muller...I absorbed every bit of it!!!!

Great Classic

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Great narration on a classic, but the audio skips quite a few times, which is quite disappointing

Skips A LOT

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I enjoyed it deeply but would recommend listening to it at around 90% speed. I think playing it a little slower gives the heavy foreshadowing of the book greater weight and gravity

Listen at 90% speed

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I am glad I listened but prose isn't my favorite medium, especially not in such a quantity.
It start out great. Ishmael meets a friend and they get to the whaler. But it starts to drag, with chapter upon chapter of prose, about the human condition, the righteousness or the whaling profession, on and on.
I would have liked more first person from Ishmael, about his past and what events shaped him, and more about Ahab and what, other than the obvious, caused him to go so crazy.
this is widely regarded as the finest novel to ever be penned by an American author, and it is a masterpiece. I will listen again but before, I am going to actually read it. as with other novels of such a length, I have found that it increases my understanding.

Important read but prosey

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said to be one of the books over needs to read before you die. that said the story is told in the same way the MCU laid out the movies before End Game.

Glad i read it

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