Moby-Dick Marathon, New Bedford

Smithsonian MagazineFeb 3

Once the whaling capital of the world, New Bedford remembers Herman Melville’s literary masterpiece with an annual reading marathon

Annual 25-hour reading of Herman Melville's novel

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New Bedford Whaling MuseumMuseumAnnual Moby-Dick Marathon begins here
Moby-Dick; or, the WhalePlaceThe now-beloved book, which centers on a sailor seeking revenge against a sperm whale, was initially met with lukewarm…
Moby-Dick MarathonFestivalAnnual 25-hour reading of Herman Melville's novel
TypeePlaceMelville's romanticized adventure-travel book
LagodaSightLarge model of a whaling ship
Johnny Cake HillNeighborhoodLocation of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
Seamen's BethelAttractionChapel for chapters on the prophet Jonah
AcushnetPlaceShip Melville departed on
Pilgrim MonumentSightThis 252-foot-7+1⁄2-inch-tall (77.0 m) campanile is the tallest all-granite structure in…
Moby-DickPub
PequodPlace

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