The Moby-Dick Big Read
by The Moby-Dick Big Read
‘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. For more info please go to: www.mobydickbigread.com
Episodes
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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…
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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...
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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…
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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…
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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,...
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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...
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Chapter 130: The Hat - Read by Diana Speed - http://mobydickbigread.com
Introduced by Peter Donaldson, Recorded by Thanks to Stan Was, 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...
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Chapter 129: The Cabin - Read by Rev. Nick McKinnel - http://mobydickbigread.com
Introduced by Peter Donaldson, Recorded by Deep Blue Sound, 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,...
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Chapter 128: The Pequod Meets the Rachel - Read by Alice Herrick - 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...
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Chapter 127: The Deck - Read by Tom Thoroughgood & Cyrus Larcombe-Moore - http://mobydickbigread.com
Introduced by Peter Donaldson, Recorded by Deep Blue Sound, 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,...
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Chapter 126: The Life-Buoy - Read by Paul Minot - 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...
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Chapter 125: The Log and Line - Read by Sheila Snelgrove - http://mobydickbigread.com
Introduced by Peter Donaldson, Recorded by Deep Blue Sound, 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,...
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Chapter 124: The Needle - Read by Stephanie Boxall - http://mobydickbigread.com
Introduced by Peter Donaldson, Recorded by Deep Blue Sound, 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,...
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Chapter 123: The Musket - Read by Nick Ryan - 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...
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Chapter 122: Midnight Aloft - Thunder and Lightning - Read by Max Goonetillake
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...
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Chapter 121: Midnight - The Forecastle Bulwarks - Read by Robert Fearns - 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...
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Chapter 120: The Deck Toward the End of the First Night Watch - Read by Novar Cane
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...
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Chapter 119: The Candles - Read by Mary Martin - http://mobydickbigread.com
Introduced by Peter Donaldson, Recorded by Mark Van Bork, 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,...
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Chapter 118: The Quadrant - Read by Horatio Morpurgo - http://mobydickbigread.com
Introduced by Peter Donaldson, Recorded by Deep Blue Sound, 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,...
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Chapter 117: The Whale Watch - Read by Dr Routledge - 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...
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Chapter 116: The Dying Whale - Read by Jenny Cuffe - 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...
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Chapter 115: The Pequod Meets the Bachelor - Read by Read by Stormy, Josiah and Nathaniel Mayo
Recorded by Matthew Dunn, WOMR, Provincetown, 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,...
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Chapter 114: The Gilder - Read by Tom Maryniak - 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...
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Chapter 113: The Forge - Read by Eva Stalker - 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...
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Chapter 112: The Blacksmith - Read by Emma Ayres - 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...
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Chapter 111: The Pacific - Read by Mark Carwardine - 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...
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Chapter 110: Queequeg in His Coffin - Read by Dugald Ferguson - http://mobydickbigread.com
Introduced by Peter Donaldson, Recorded by Clare Goddard, 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,...
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Chapter 109: Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin - Read by Richard Wood - http://mobydickbigread.com
Introduced by Peter Donaldson, Recorded by Deep Blue Sound, 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,...
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Chapter 108: Ahab and the Carpenter - Read by R. F. 'Griff' Griffith - http://mobydickbigread.com
Introduced by Peter Donaldson, Recorded by 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…
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Chapter 107: The Carpenter - Read by Lydia Richards - 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...
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Chapter 106: Ahab’s Leg - Read by Joyelle McSweeney - http://mobydickbigread.com
Introduced by Peter Donaldson, Recorded by Angela Cockayne, 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,...
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Chapter 105: Does the Whale’s Magnitude Diminish? - Read by Sir David Attenborough - 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...
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Chapter 104: The Fossil Whale - Read by Elizabeth Bradfield - 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...
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Chapter 103: Measurement of the Whale’s Skeleton - Read by Will Eaves - http://mobydickbigread.com
Introduced by Peter Donaldson, Recorded by Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, 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...
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Chapter 102: A Bower in the Arsacides - Read by Marina Warner - http://mobydickbigread.com
Introduced by Peter Donaldson, Recorded by Raphaella Fearns, 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…
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Chapter 101: The Decanter - Read by Zeb Soanes - 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...
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Chapter 100: Leg and Arm - Read by Erica Wagner - 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...
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Chapter 99: The Doubloon - Read by Cyrus and Liam Patell - 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...
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Chapter 98: Stowing Down and Clearing Up - Read by Gail Cullen - 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...
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Chapter 97: The Lamp - Read by James Balla - 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…
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Chapter 96: The Try-Works - Read by Mark Ashurst - 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...
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Chapter 95: The Cassock - Read by John Waters - 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…
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Chapter 94: A Squeeze of the Hand - Read by Tony Kushner - 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…
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Chapter 93: The Castaway - Read by Carolyn Brown - 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...
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Chapter 92: Ambergris - Read by Michael Bracewell - 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...
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Chapter 91: The Pequod Meets the Rose-Bud - Read by Meri Ratzel & Ben Haas - 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…
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Chapter 90: Heads or Tails - Read by Oliver Colville - http://mobydickbigread.com
Introduced by Peter Donaldson, Recorded by Deep Blue Sound, 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,...
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Chapter 89: Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish - Read by Jane Sharp - 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…
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Chapter 88: Schools and Schoolmasters - Read by Tania Kovats - 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...
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Chapter 87: The Grand Armada - Read by Gordon Weiss - 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...
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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. For more info please go to: www.mobydickbigread.com
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