The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles
Herman Melville
Read by James K. White
The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles is a novella by American author Herman Melville. First published in Putnam's Magazine in 1854, it consists of ten philosophical "Sketches" on the Encantadas, or Galápagos Islands. It was collected in The Piazza Tales in 1856. The Encantadas was to become the most critically successful of that collection. All of the stories are replete with symbolism reinforcing the cruelty of life on the Encantadas. (Introduction excerpted from Wikipedia) (2 hr 33 min)
Chapters
Sketch First | 13:50 | Read by James K. White |
Sketch Second | 10:08 | Read by James K. White |
Sketch Third | 13:21 | Read by James K. White |
Sketch Fourth | 17:39 | Read by James K. White |
Sketch Fifth | 4:39 | Read by James K. White |
Sketch Sixth | 7:48 | Read by James K. White |
Sketch Seventh | 13:12 | Read by James K. White |
Sketch Eighth | 37:02 | Read by James K. White |
Sketch Ninth | 25:45 | Read by James K. White |
Sketch Tenth | 10:22 | Read by James K. White |
Reviews
Tally Go
the poetry is great, the stories interesting. well read
so so
great performance and an amazing text