The World's Greatest Novels
Moby Dick
Part 4 of 4
Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick follows Ishmael as he joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, commanded by the driven Captain Ahab. Ahab’s pursuit of the white whale draws the voyage and its diverse company into an increasingly consuming quest.
This installment presents the fourth and final part of a radio adaptation of the novel. The story’s sea voyage, encounters with the whale, and the tension aboard the Pequod lend themselves to dramatic narration and sound, bringing Melville’s expansive tale into a compact broadcast form.
The experience combines adventure with reflection on obsession, fate, and humanity’s place in the natural world. Listeners can follow the closing movement of Ahab’s pursuit and the fate of the ship’s crew in this concluding chapter of the adaptation.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.