Ken Reads The Classics

Ishmael searches for lodgings on a cold, wet New England night.  He winds up at The Spouter, learns he must share a bed with a strange harpooner.  Enjoy!

Ken Reads the Classics - bonus episode - regarding race and language Hello loyal listeners, First, I want to say thank you for listening.  I really appreciate it.  Please tell your family, friends, and neighbors about the podcast and leave a review, if you are so inclined.  Reviews help others to discover this podcast. Now, I need to say something about racism and the language Melvi...

Ishmael introduces himself and his world to us.  He shares his reasons for going to see - in modern terms, we'd call it a mid-life crisis. Enjoy!

Hello everyone, Welcome to a special episode of Ken Reads the Classics.  Today we celebrate Juneteenth, also known as Liberation Day, Freedom Day, and Emancipation Day. In honor of this day, I thought I would give a brief history and then read the General Granger read on that momentous day in 1865. After Robert E. Lee surrendered to Loyal Union Forces, the United States of America sent Army G...

Hello all you audio-book lovers out there.  Welcome to my new podcast and as you probably guessed, I will read classic literature for your listening pleasure.  Feel free to send me any comments or suggestions for the next book at kenreadstheclassics@gmail.com.  Thank you for listening.