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EPISODE · Mar 23, 2026 · 32 MIN

Moby Dick Chapter 119-123

from The Herman Melville Library · host Herman Melville

In which the Pequod is beset by a fierce typhoon in the resplendent seas of the Orient, testing the mettle and resolve of her crew amid roaring skies and sheets of fire that dance like ghostly candles upon her masts, while the captain confronts the elemental wrath with a fiery spirit both defiant and unyielding. And in the tempest’s wake, a sombre vigilance falls upon the ship’s company, with Starbuck wrestling with foreboding thoughts as he contemplates the perilous voyage and the ominous will of their steadfast commander.

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