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MUN Department of English Presents The Moby-Dick Marathon

Name: MUN Department of English Presents The Moby-Dick Marathon
Start: 2019-10-26T00:00:00-02:30
End: 2019-10-27T23:59:59-02:30

October 26, 2019 - October 27, 2019

Poster for A Marathon Reading of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick or The Whale, in its Entirety. Stay for 1 Chapter or for all 135. And for the Etymology, extracts, and epilogue, too, if you're a completist. Photo of a sailing ship with a hand coming out of the bottom and pulling on a line tugging a white whale.

October 26, 10am – October 27, 2pm

Cox & Palmer Second Space

Free Event

In celebration of Herman Melville’s 200th birthday, the Department of English will be hosting a marathon public reading of Moby-Dick; or, The Whale in its entirety. The reading will begin with the Etymology and Extracts at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 26th and will continue through the day and night until we reach the Epilogue early in the afternoon on Sunday, October 27th. Admission is free and people are welcome to stay for only a chapter or two. But diehards and completists are welcome to stay for the whole glorious shebang.

Details

Start:: October 26, 2019
End:: October 27, 2019