Herman Melville Audio Books

Herman Melville (1819–1891) was born in New York City. Family hardships forced him to leave school for various occupations, including shipping as a cabin boy to Liverpool in 1839—a voyage that sparked his love for the sea. A shrewd social critic and philosopher in his fiction, he is considered an outstanding writer of the sea and a great stylist who mastered both realistic narrative and a rich, rhythmical prose. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick and the posthumously published novella Billy Budd.

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Extended Sample The Lightning-Rod Man by Herman Melville
Extended Sample Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Extended Sample Moby Dick (abridged) by Herman Melville
Extended Sample Billy Budd (abridged) by Herman Melville
Extended Sample Billy Budd (abridged) by Herman Melville
Extended Sample Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville
Extended Sample Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville
Extended Sample Typee by Herman Melville
Extended Sample The Lightning-Rod Man by Herman Melville
Extended Sample Billy Budd by Herman Melville
Extended Sample Benito Cereno by Herman Melville
Extended Sample Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
Extended Sample Billy Budd, Sailor by Herman Melville
Extended Sample Moby-Dick (abridged) by Herman Melville
Extended Sample Survive: Stories of Castaways and Cannibals by Mark Twain
Extended Sample Deep Blue: Stories of Shipwreck, Sunken Treasure and Survival by Herman Melville
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