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‘I have written a blasphemous book’, said Melville when his novel was first published in 1851, ‘and I feel as spotless as the lamb’. Deeply subversive, in almost every way imaginable, Moby-Dick is a virtual, alternative bible – and as such, ripe for reinterpretation in this new world of new media. Out of Dominion was born its bastard child – or perhaps its immaculate conception – the Moby-Dick Big Read: an online version of Melville’s magisterial tome: each of its 135 chapters read out aloud, by a mixture of the celebrated and the unknown, to be broadcast online, one new chapter each day, in a sequence of 135 downloads, publicly and freely accessible.
Starting 16 September 2012!
For more info please go to: www.mobydickbigread.com

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    • 4.6 • 178 Ratings

‘I have written a blasphemous book’, said Melville when his novel was first published in 1851, ‘and I feel as spotless as the lamb’. Deeply subversive, in almost every way imaginable, Moby-Dick is a virtual, alternative bible – and as such, ripe for reinterpretation in this new world of new media. Out of Dominion was born its bastard child – or perhaps its immaculate conception – the Moby-Dick Big Read: an online version of Melville’s magisterial tome: each of its 135 chapters read out aloud, by a mixture of the celebrated and the unknown, to be broadcast online, one new chapter each day, in a sequence of 135 downloads, publicly and freely accessible.
Starting 16 September 2012!
For more info please go to: www.mobydickbigread.com

    Epilogue - Read by Mary Oliver - http://mobydickbigread.com

    Epilogue - Read by Mary Oliver - http://mobydickbigread.com

    Introduced by Peter Donaldson, Recorded by John Braden, WOMR, Edited and Mixed at dBs Music
    'I have written a blasphemous book', said Melville when his novel was first published in 1851, 'and I feel as spotless as the lamb'. Deeply subversive, in almost every way imaginable, Moby-Dick is a virtual, alternative bible - and as such, ripe for reinterpretation in this new world of new media. Out of Dominion was born its bastard child - or perhaps its immaculate conception - the Moby-Dick Big Read: an online version of Melville's magisterial tome: each of its 135 chapters read out aloud, by a mixture of the celebrated and the unknown, to be broadcast online, one new chapter each day, in a sequence of 135 downloads, publicly and freely accessible.
    Starting 16 September 2012!
    For more info please go to: www.mobydickbigread.com

    • 2 min
    Chapter 135: The Chase – Third Day - Read by James Naughtie - http://mobydickbigread.com

    Chapter 135: The Chase – Third Day - Read by James Naughtie - http://mobydickbigread.com

    Introduced by Peter Donaldson, Edited and Mixed at dBs Music
    'I have written a blasphemous book', said Melville when his novel was first published in 1851, 'and I feel as spotless as the lamb'. Deeply subversive, in almost every way imaginable, Moby-Dick is a virtual, alternative bible - and as such, ripe for reinterpretation in this new world of new media. Out of Dominion was born its bastard child - or perhaps its immaculate conception - the Moby-Dick Big Read: an online version of Melville's magisterial tome: each of its 135 chapters read out aloud, by a mixture of the celebrated and the unknown, to be broadcast online, one new chapter each day, in a sequence of 135 downloads, publicly and freely accessible.
    Starting 16 September 2012!
    For more info please go to: www.mobydickbigread.com

    • 32 min
    Chapter 134: The Chase – Second Day - Read by Roger Allam - http://mobydickbigread.com

    Chapter 134: The Chase – Second Day - Read by Roger Allam - http://mobydickbigread.com

    Introduced by Peter Donaldson, Recorded by Kate Bland - Cast Iron Studios, Edited and Mixed at dBs Music
    'I have written a blasphemous book', said Melville when his novel was first published in 1851, 'and I feel as spotless as the lamb'. Deeply subversive, in almost every way imaginable, Moby-Dick is a virtual, alternative bible - and as such, ripe for reinterpretation in this new world of new media. Out of Dominion was born its bastard child - or perhaps its immaculate conception - the Moby-Dick Big Read: an online version of Melville's magisterial tome: each of its 135 chapters read out aloud, by a mixture of the celebrated and the unknown, to be broadcast online, one new chapter each day, in a sequence of 135 downloads, publicly and freely accessible.
    Starting 16 September 2012!
    For more info please go to: www.mobydickbigread.com

    • 25 min
    Chapter 133: The Chase – First Day - Read by Kerry Shale - http://mobydickbigread.com

    Chapter 133: The Chase – First Day - Read by Kerry Shale - http://mobydickbigread.com

    Introduced by Peter Donaldson, Recorded by Kate Bland - Cast Iron Studios, Edited and Mixed at dBs Music
    'I have written a blasphemous book', said Melville when his novel was first published in 1851, 'and I feel as spotless as the lamb'. Deeply subversive, in almost every way imaginable, Moby-Dick is a virtual, alternative bible - and as such, ripe for reinterpretation in this new world of new media. Out of Dominion was born its bastard child - or perhaps its immaculate conception - the Moby-Dick Big Read: an online version of Melville's magisterial tome: each of its 135 chapters read out aloud, by a mixture of the celebrated and the unknown, to be broadcast online, one new chapter each day, in a sequence of 135 downloads, publicly and freely accessible.
    Starting 16 September 2012!
    For more info please go to: www.mobydickbigread.com

    • 24 min
    Chapter 132: The Symphony - Read by Cerys Matthews - http://mobydickbigread.com

    Chapter 132: The Symphony - Read by Cerys Matthews - http://mobydickbigread.com

    Introduced by Peter Donaldson, Recorded by Pete Gleadall, Edited and Mixed at dBs Music
    'I have written a blasphemous book', said Melville when his novel was first published in 1851, 'and I feel as spotless as the lamb'. Deeply subversive, in almost every way imaginable, Moby-Dick is a virtual, alternative bible - and as such, ripe for reinterpretation in this new world of new media. Out of Dominion was born its bastard child - or perhaps its immaculate conception - the Moby-Dick Big Read: an online version of Melville's magisterial tome: each of its 135 chapters read out aloud, by a mixture of the celebrated and the unknown, to be broadcast online, one new chapter each day, in a sequence of 135 downloads, publicly and freely accessible.
    Starting 16 September 2012!
    For more info please go to: www.mobydickbigread.com

    • 12 min
    Chapter 131: The Pequod Meets the Delight - Read by Daniel Allen - http://mobydickbigread.com

    Chapter 131: The Pequod Meets the Delight - Read by Daniel Allen - http://mobydickbigread.com

    Introduced by Peter Donaldson, Recorded by Bath Spa University, Edited and Mixed at dBs Music
    'I have written a blasphemous book', said Melville when his novel was first published in 1851, 'and I feel as spotless as the lamb'. Deeply subversive, in almost every way imaginable, Moby-Dick is a virtual, alternative bible - and as such, ripe for reinterpretation in this new world of new media. Out of Dominion was born its bastard child - or perhaps its immaculate conception - the Moby-Dick Big Read: an online version of Melville's magisterial tome: each of its 135 chapters read out aloud, by a mixture of the celebrated and the unknown, to be broadcast online, one new chapter each day, in a sequence of 135 downloads, publicly and freely accessible.
    Starting 16 September 2012!
    For more info please go to: www.mobydickbigread.com

    • 3 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
178 Ratings

178 Ratings

poiuytrewq1740 ,

Came to hear Benedict Cumberbatch...

...and stayed for all the rest! Thanks for all of this. It was a treat for the ears and imagination.

mccambjd ,

It’s pee’-kwod you dolts

Very uneven recording quality and reader quality. Also a puzzle why a story so important to the development of American novels has so many English, Irish, and Scottish readers who can’t pronounce “Pequod”…

kbayline ,

My favorite

Excellent audio, great voices, thank you for pursuing one of the greatest stories I have had the privilege to know.

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