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    The Lightning-Rod Man
    The Lightning-Rod Man
    The Lightning-Rod Man
    Audiobook20 minutes

    The Lightning-Rod Man

    Written by Herman Melville

    Narrated by Mark Owen

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    About this audiobook

    Chosen for inclusion in William Evans Burton's Cyclopediae of Wit and Humor of 1857, with an illustration by Henry Louis Stephens, The Lightning-Rod Man was the one Melville tale to be available throughout his lifetime, thanks to reissues of this volume. More a parable than a character-driven story, The Lightning-rod man is a charlatan who tries to profit by selling fearful people lightning-rods during thunderstorms. The narrator has a difficult encounter with the Lightning-Rod man in this story about overcoming fear and superstition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media
    Release dateJun 26, 2018
    ISBN9781666596090
    The Lightning-Rod Man
    Author

    Herman Melville

    Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet who received wide acclaim for his earliest novels, such as Typee and Redburn, but fell into relative obscurity by the end of his life. Today, Melville is hailed as one of the definitive masters of world literature for novels including Moby Dick and Billy Budd, as well as for enduringly popular short stories such as Bartleby, the Scrivener and The Bell-Tower.

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