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The Herman Melville Library

The Herman Melville Library

Di: Herman Melville
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 Beneath the wide and wandering sky, this podcast casts its lines into the deep waters of story, history, and the restless questions that follow humankind wherever the tide may carry it. Each episode is a voyage - part chronicle, part meditation - where books become ships and ideas the shifting winds that drive them onward. Listeners are invited to step aboard, to hear tales of ambition and obsession, of quiet scholarship and roaring seas, and to consider what it means to chase knowledge across an ever-moving horizon. Come not merely to listen, but to sail, through the books of Herman Melville.Public domain
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  • Moby Dick Chapter 10-12

    Moby Dick Chapter 10-12
    Mar 12 2026
    In which the narrator acquaints himself more intimately with Queequeg, discovering a nobility beneath the savage's striking exterior, and they forge a heartfelt bond amidst the quietude of a stormy night. The wild harpooneer then reveals the tale of his distant island birth and royal lineage, resolving alongside the narrator to brave the uncertain seas together as comrades and equals.
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    19 min
  • Moby Dick Chapter 4-7

    Moby Dick Chapter 4-7
    Mar 12 2026
    In which the narrator awakens to find Queequeg’s tattooed arm wrapped about him with affectionate insistence, amusingly reminiscent of a patchwork quilt as he observes his companion’s curious blend of savage and civilized habits. Following a convivial morning with the varied company of whalemen at New Bedford, the scene shifts to a sobering church gathering where silent memorials of lost seamen stir reflections on life, death, and the mysterious endurance of the soul.
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    27 min
  • Moby Dick Chapter 8-9

    Moby Dick Chapter 8-9
    Mar 12 2026
    In which we are introduced to the venerable Father Mapple, a former seafarer turned chaplain, whose pulpit is fashioned with nautical touches and steeped in symbolism befitting his maritime past. His stirring sermon on Jonah’s tale unfolds as a profound meditation on sin, repentance, and the solemn duty of truth, delivered with a tempestuous fervour that stirs the hearts of all who listen.
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    30 min
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