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Moby Dick

By: Herman Melville
Narrated by: B. J. Harrison
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In the dark depths of the bottomless sea dwells a white demon, taking shape as the Leviathan known as Moby Dick. One year ago, the malefic brute crunched off the leg of the ungodly Captain Ahab, who now swears revenge. So runs the epic tale of Moby Dick, the supernal work of Herman Melville. In this unabridged production, you will walk with the young sailor Ishmael through the fires of life on a whaling vessel. Each character is brought to life by the narration of B.J. Harrison, who also turns Melville’s sometimes over-potent expository information into an easily digestible treat.

Public Domain (P)2013 B.J. Harrison Classics Sailing
Epic Tale • Deeper Meaning • Distinctive Character Voices • Carefully Crafted Sentences • Great Moments

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Moby Dick has long been one of my favourite books and after twenty years of enjoying it as a book I decided I’d give an audio version a go instead. This unabridged version read in all its glory by B.J Harrison gave new life and depth to a story I know and love so well. Absolutely outstanding! By the end I was in tears because I really got sucked into the drama and emotion and didn’t want it to finish. I would give it ten stars if I could. Bravo! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Outstanding! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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It takes listening / reading a classic such as this to reveal just how far our collective vocabulary has fallen over the decades. Each sentence in this book has been carefully crafted. Not a paragraph goes by without the use of an archaic word perfectly selected to provide precise meaning.

A joy to listen to and hours of appreciation coupled with sadness for the literature of today.

A true wordsmith

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An epic book, and well read by BJ Harrison - he did a good job voicing the characters, though I found the tone of his narrative style to be a bit pompous in inflection for my taste, which wore on me a bit. Still, very well done. Love this story

A Whale of a Tale

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Endless obtuse soliloquies and descriptions. Almost no action. Story moved fairly well in first and final few chapters.

Fair.

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I evaluated a number versions of Moby Dick before picking this one. One concern I had was that although Melville was an American author, his speech would have most certainly been English. However, many of the orators of this work have contemporary American accents. This to me was not befitting this spectacular book of the time. Consider for ones that Ahab’s speech is all Shakespearean; this is a travesty if uttered with an American accent. No, I say! This book can only be read with an English accent as this orator does so eloquently. Thank you, I say!

I love the English accent!

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