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The Lightning-Rod Man

By: Herman Melville
Narrated by: Mark Owen
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Chosen for inclusion in William Evans Burton's Cyclopediae of Wit and Humor of 1857, The Lightning-Rod Man was the one Melville tale to be available throughout his lifetime, thanks to reissues of this volume.

More a parable than a character-driven story, the Lightning-Rod man is a charlatan who tries to profit by selling fearful people lightning-rods during thunderstorms. The narrator has a difficult encounter with the Lightning-Rod man in this story about overcoming fear and superstition.

Public Domain (P)2018 Dreamscape Media, LLC
Anthologies & Short Stories Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Short Stories Witty

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