Herman Melville's Classic: Moby Dick

With a Historical Introduction

By: Herman Melville

Narrated by: Brianna Fernandez

Length: 20 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

Unique to this title is:

• A Historical Introduction
• An Overview of Moby Dick
• A Study of The Themes Present in Moby Dick
• A List of Famous Quotes from Moby Dick

You may, of course, skip all of it and go straight to the main title if you do not want any spoilers and come back later to the beginning.

Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet. He was also a teacher, sailor, lecturer, and customs inspector.

Melville was born in New York City in 1819 as the third child of a successful merchant. He started his education at the age of five, but when he was seven, he contracted scarlet fever which affected his eyesight permanently.

Although his father described him as "very backwards in speech and somewhat slow in comprehension", over time, Melvill's development improved considerably.

The book revolves around the hunt for the giant white sperm whale called Moby Dick. During the previous hunt, captain Ahab had his leg bitten off at the knee. He is determined to catch Moby Dick this time. The book is sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest for Moby Dick.

The novel begins with a famous line: “Call me Ishmael.” Ishmael, the narrator of Moby Dick, wants to get away from New York City and decides to find a job on a whaling ship. He had worked as a sailor before, but not as a whaler. He travels to Massachusetts and stays in a whalers' inn.

Since the inn is full, he is forced to share a bed with a harpooner from the South Pacific called Queequeg.

Enjoy this timeless classic!

Public Domain (P)2019 Chronos Publishing

Bad narration

I enjoy the story of Moby Dick, but the narration really ruined this for me. The delivery was awkward and stilted, almost like a computer generated text to speech program and the audio quality was pretty low.

I recieved a free copy of this audiobook in exchange for my honest review

I’ve still never finished this book

This is the only book I’ve read/listened to by this author but the second audio rendition. I’ll admit, I only have ever listened to a portion of this book. I generally listen at work and I listen to a lot of audiobooks. This one, I had to concentrate too much on listening. I listened to all the extra parts provided by the producers of this book. I really like the addition of this information and think it adds to the audiobook.

This is the second book I’ve listened to by this narrator ( Brianna Fernandez ). Her inflection/ emphasis makes it hard to tell difference between narrative and characters conversations. She has a slight distinction in character voices but it’s all read with same cadence and expression. Seems to me this is a tricky book to narrate?

There are no explicit sex scenes, excessive violence or swearing.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and voluntarily left this unbiased review.
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GREAT READ!

I enjoyed this classic! The narration was great. I have read all of the classics and enjoy them in audiobooks. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Anything quoted in Star Trek most be good...

This is an epic tale of revenge and what it does to one’s soul and life. The narration was enjoyable. I definitely recommend this novel to anyone and everyone! I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.