EPISODE · Mar 22, 2026 · 43 MIN
Moby Dick Chapter 97-100
from The Herman Melville Library · host Herman Melville
In which the intimate toils and rituals of the whalemen, from the glowing try-works to the cleansing of the ship, are rendered with a keen eye and poetic touch, evoking the ceaseless cycle of pursuit and renewal upon the Pequod. And in which Ahab, drawn into reveries by a doubloon nailed to the mast, encounters a fellow sufferer and huntsman of the White Whale, their tale of encounter, loss, and inexorable fate revealing the burning obsession at the heart of their voyage.
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Moby Dick Chapter 97-100
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