The Moby-Dick Big Read

Peninsula Arts

‘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 reint

  • 2 minutes 3 seconds
    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

    29 January 2013, 4:00 am
  • 32 minutes 49 seconds
    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

    28 January 2013, 4:00 am
  • 25 minutes 29 seconds
    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

    27 January 2013, 4:00 am
  • 24 minutes 33 seconds
    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

    26 January 2013, 4:00 am
  • 12 minutes 33 seconds
    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

    25 January 2013, 4:00 am
  • 3 minutes 1 second
    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

    24 January 2013, 4:00 am
  • 10 minutes 59 seconds
    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 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

    23 January 2013, 4:00 am
  • 4 minutes 9 seconds
    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, 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

    22 January 2013, 4:00 am
  • 10 minutes 35 seconds
    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 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

    21 January 2013, 4:00 am
  • 5 minutes 3 seconds
    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, 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

    20 January 2013, 4:00 am
  • 7 minutes 3 seconds
    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 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

    19 January 2013, 4:00 am
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