Herman Melville

Moby-dick: Classic Collection Herman Melville

Marc Notes: Title from container.; Unabridged.; Compact discs.; 0; Read by Anthony Heald.; Herman Melville's classic and symbolic epic about a vengeful captain and his relentless efforts to capture the monstrous white whale that devoured his leg.. Brief Description: Herman Melville's classic and symbolic epic about a vengeful captain and his relentless efforts to capture the monstrous white whale that devoured his leg. Review Citations: Audio File 08/01/2009 pg. 49 (EAN 9781433257445, Compact Disc) Contributor Bio:  Melville, Herman Herman Melville (1819-1891), novelist and poet, was born in New York City. Working with Romantic materials of primitivism, individualism, nature and the Gothic, Melville produced a body of fiction that analyzed reality in both its social and metaphysical dimensions. He is best known for his masterpiece, Moby Dick. Contributor Bio:  Heald, Anthony Anthony Heald, an Audie Award winning narrator, has earned Tony nominations and an Obie Award for his theater work; appeared in television s Law & Order, The X-Files, Miami Vice, and Boston Public; and starred as Dr. Frederick Chilton in the 1991 Oscar-winning film The Silence of the Lambs. He lives in Ashland, Oregon, with his family.