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Moby Dick; or The Whale By Herman Melville CHAPTER 1 Loomings. Call me Ishmael. Some years ago--never mind how long precisely--having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off--then, I account it high time to get to sea as |
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Reviewer: Chris Hughes - 4/12/2007 11:45Subject: A great read A great book, and a fine reader − as good as you could pay for, for free! |
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Reviewer: TheBookworm - 11/4/2007 5:03 Subject: Excellent reading Well done Stewart! This must have been a HUGE project... but it's well worth it. Gratefully The BookWorm, Manchester, UK. |
Reviewer: jrain - 1/5/2008 13:24Subject: But the reader! Unfortunately I can't recommend listening to this version of Moby Dick. In the voice of a talking book you hope for either an actor that can invoke the narrator's or author's spirit or simply a good reader who just fades into invisibility, letting the words do their magic. With this recording you just get an artless nagging which distracts endlessly from Melville and Moby Dick. −jrain |
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Reviewer: hikinandbikin - 1/11/2008 21:57 Subject: Well read, but what a let down First off if you know you like the story Moby Dick you should download this. It is well read and I think captures the story. Also, this review is for the common reader not a literary critic. However, If you have always heard about how great Moby Dick is but never read it, save yourself the time. Moby Dick is the kind of book that rambles through a massive string of jarring storytelling shifts to the point of being utterly frustrating. As the story progresses you soon discover that about every other chapter does nothing to advance the plot but is rather a complete change of subject to some highly detailed minutia that while loosely tied to the book add nothing to the story. It is like a Kevin Costner movie but worse. After I finished the book, which was a complete let down, I was left wondering how in the world Melville became known as a master. Perhaps I just don't get 20 century literature. |
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Reviewer: alamedared - 1/29/2009 4:55 Subject: Timeless Today's readers new to Melville −−−and those that had to read this book in school−−should listen to this version of Moby Dick. Melville's epic is intertwined with American history as it combines pure sea−going adventure, an encyclopedic background of whale trivia, with a questioning of our personal demons. Moby Dick is timeless and has influenced so many writers−−−there would no Jaws without it!! Enjoy. |
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Reviewer: prat - 9/23/2009 7:04 Subject: Great reading Its difficult to do a better job than this. |
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Reviewer: gez - 10/18/2009 21:57 Subject: Thanks Thank you, Stewart Wills, for reading Moby Dick to me. Your reading was excellent and made my DC commute seem much quicker. I appreciate very much the tremendous amount of time you put into this volunteer project. Thank you, sir. |
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