Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    The Lightning-Rod Man
    Unavailable
    The Lightning-Rod Man
    Unavailable
    The Lightning-Rod Man
    Audiobook21 minutes

    The Lightning-Rod Man

    Written by Herman Melville

    Narrated by Patrick Lawlor

    5/5

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this audiobook

    After spending the summer of 1853 in the Berkshire Mountains, where he supposedly had a real life encounter with a lightning-rod salesman, Melville published “The Lightning-Rod Man." At the end of this short story, the lightning-rod salesman is exposed for the fraud that he is. However, that will not keep his successors from fanning out to the Middle West, where lightning storms abound and farmers were gullible. On another level, the story can be interpreted as a confrontation between Good and Evil. Through description and diction, the narrator is understood as a follower of God, someone who believes in The Almighty watching over him. On the other hand, the lightning-rod man is seen as a negative character, someone who only has faith in the product he's peddling.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherListen & Live Audio
    Release dateMay 11, 2023
    ISBN9781593165376
    Unavailable
    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.

    More audiobooks from Herman Melville

    Related to The Lightning-Rod Man

    Related audiobooks

    Classics For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Flannery O’Connor’s Letters Offer Sharp Insights Into Her Writing

      Nov 12, 2019

      “Good Things Out of Nazareth” collects the thoughts of the Georgia-born author as she confided in mentors, colleagues, and friends.

      3 min read

    • Article

      A Bit Of TLC

      Mar 17, 2022

      Sam Llewellyn sails a 30ft ketch he rescued from dereliction It was a bright, breezy day in the yard. There was the sound of power tools and voices asking other voices to pass the paint, and could they borrow a wrench, and had they finished with the

      3 min read

    • Article

      Two Poems by Joseph Brodsky

      May 12, 2020

      Two Poems by Joseph Brodsky
      7 min read

    • Article

      Hook, Line And Sinker

      Oct 18, 2018

      Hook, Line And Sinker
      4 min read

    • Article

      You Only Need Two Bricks

      Sep 23, 2022

      We sat in front of a blazing fire in the hearth of the tiny hunting cabin. The chimney drew well as long as the door was kept slightly open, like Lem Putt advised, to get the draft just right. We were sipping a most wonderfully aged 56-year-old Caber

      5 min read

    • Article

      Worship On High

      Oct 18, 2021

      Worship On High
      5 min read

    • Article

      The Time Machine

      Aug 4, 2021

      There’s a pattern built into this story – can you work it out from the numbers in bold at the start of each section? I’m sitting on the beach by Rhodes port, watching sailors load our luggage onto a ship bound for Rome. I don’t want to go, but my f

      7 min read

    • Article

      Stop Hating on Adjectives!

      Jun 12, 2019

      A common admonition in creative writing pedagogy is, “Cut as many adjectives as possible.” I propose that this rule springs from mere prejudice. The post Stop Hating on Adjectives! appeared first on The Millions.

      7 min read

    • Article

      No Time For Sentiment

      Oct 26, 2022

      No Time For Sentiment
      4 min read

    • Article

      Love Thine Enemy The Fox

      Jun 23, 2021

      Love Thine Enemy The Fox
      2 min read

    • Article

      Paul Heiney

      Oct 28, 2022

      Paul Heiney
      3 min read

    • Article

      Paul Heiney

      Oct 28, 2022

      Paul Heiney
      3 min read

    • Article

      The Beyoğlu Municipality Waste Management Orchestra

      Jun 8, 2021

      Selim the half-wit hoarded everything—that was the story they told me my first day in waste management. Selim had lost his wife, and I guess everyone figured he took up hoarding as a way to fill the void. It started out with stuff his wife might have

      24 min read

    • Article

      Anchor Intimacy

      Aug 19, 2021

      Anchor Intimacy
      2 min read

    • Article

      A Bolthole In The Bush

      Nov 5, 2020

      A Bolthole In The Bush
      5 min read

    • Article

      The Wonders Of A Windvane

      Dec 5, 2019

      That last sail of the season, taking Wild Song to Hayling for a repaint, was a fast run (a lot faster than our dawdle along the Spanish coast earlier). We positively stormed up from Dartmouth with a brisk southwesterly up the tail. It was predicted F

      2 min read

    • Article

      Cut And Run

      Oct 9, 2023

      The earth shook violently as the enormous metal monster closed in. It was 100m away, 50, 20 … then it was on me. As I watched its giant steel tentacle, with its whirling, screaming blade, stretch down towards me, I was conscious less of the fear of a

      2 min read

    • Article

      A Narrow Escape

      Aug 3, 2023

      A Narrow Escape
      2 min read

    • Article

      Paul Heiney

      Feb 26, 2021

      Paul Heiney
      3 min read

    • Article

      Paul Heiney

      Feb 26, 2021

      Paul Heiney
      3 min read

    • Article

      Apologies To Banjo

      Nov 21, 2019

      Apologies To Banjo
      1 min read

    • Article

      Bosun’s Bag

      Oct 4, 2019

      Bosun’s Bag
      4 min read

    • Article

      A Taxonomy of Wind

      Jun 4, 2018

      A Taxonomy of Wind
      8 min read

    • Article

      Roger’s PROFANISAURUS

      Jan 5, 2022

      Roger’s PROFANISAURUS
      5 min read

    • Article

      We Were Hull

      Feb 3, 2022

      We Were Hull
      6 min read

    • Article

      Paul Heiney

      Aug 7, 2020

      Paul Heiney
      3 min read

    • Article

      Paul Heiney

      Aug 7, 2020

      Paul Heiney
      3 min read

    Reviews for The Lightning-Rod Man

    5/5

    1 rating0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words