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After 2 years of virtual content, Melville returns in-person to Provincetown with the fifth annual Provincetown Public Library Moby-Dick Marathon Reading in April 2022. Joining New Bedford, MA, Mystic, CT, and New York City, this Moby-Dick Marathon celebrates Provincetown’s significant whaling heritage, as well as its history as the nation’s oldest continuous art colony. Published in 1851, Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick chronicles the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler Pequod, for revenge on a massive white whale responsible for destroying his ship and severing his leg at the knee during a previous voyage. The three-day marathon reading of this nineteenth century masterwork will be held at the Provincetown Library on the starboard side of the Rose Dorothea Model. Readings will begin promptly at 10:00 am on Friday, April 29. Please arrive by 9:50 am for seating. The full weekend reading schedule is as follows:
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