White Jacket by Herman Melville audiobook.

Genre: adventure

Herman Melville's White-Jacket plunges listeners into the cramped, wind-whipped world of a U.S. Navy frigate at sea, where discipline is as relentless as the ocean. The story follows an intelligent, observant sailor known for the makeshift white coat he wears, a small act of individuality that quickly becomes a mark of identity in a floating city ruled by hierarchy and tradition. Aboard the warship, he learns the routines of reefing sails, standing watch, and enduring storms, but he also confronts the harsher weather of shipboard power: arbitrary authority, petty rivalries, and the ever-present threat of public punishment. As the crew cycles through drills, battles boredom, and navigates port calls and perilous passages, White-Jacket records the jokes, superstitions, and solidarities that keep sailors alive, while steadily questioning the moral cost of obedience. Part sea chronicle, part social indictment, the novel builds toward a tense struggle over what justice should look like when there is nowhere to escape and the law is enforced on an open deck.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:07:02) Chapter 02

(00:11:56) Chapter 03

(00:25:42) Chapter 04

(00:39:11) Chapter 05

(01:09:41) Chapter 06

(01:17:17) Chapter 07

(01:28:49) Chapter 08

(01:40:26) Chapter 09

(01:52:06) Chapter 10

(02:07:09) Chapter 11

(02:15:04) Chapter 12

(02:44:39) Chapter 13

(03:04:43) Chapter 14

(03:12:14) Chapter 15

(03:16:17) Chapter 16

(03:25:10) Chapter 17

(03:32:09) Chapter 18

(03:40:33) Chapter 19

(03:52:01) Chapter 20

(04:10:00) Chapter 21

(04:20:44) Chapter 22

(04:31:38) Chapter 23

(04:47:59) Chapter 24

(05:01:28) Chapter 25

(05:10:37) Chapter 26

(05:20:04) Chapter 27

(05:29:33) Chapter 28

(05:40:49) Chapter 29

(05:46:41) Chapter 30

(06:00:08) Chapter 31

(06:11:34) Chapter 32

(06:23:15) Chapter 33

(06:36:54) Chapter 34

(06:43:00) Chapter 35

(06:53:49) Chapter 36

(07:08:54) Chapter 37

(07:13:21) Chapter 38

(07:20:17) Chapter 39

(07:38:12) Chapter 40

(07:53:36) Chapter 41

(08:20:46) Chapter 42

(08:25:10) Chapter 43

(08:38:30) Chapter 44

(08:55:21) Chapter 45

(09:03:33) Chapter 46

(09:10:31) Chapter 47

(09:18:39) Chapter 48

(09:26:37) Chapter 49

(09:41:02) Chapter 50

(09:48:21) Chapter 51

(10:01:57) Chapter 52

(10:07:54) Chapter 53

(10:20:08) Chapter 54

(10:26:10) Chapter 55

(10:30:53) Chapter 56

(10:39:26) Chapter 57

(10:44:16) Chapter 58

(10:55:56) Chapter 59

(11:03:31) Chapter 60

(11:31:37) Chapter 61

(11:38:01) Chapter 62

(11:52:46) Chapter 63

(12:01:13) Chapter 64

(12:14:12) Chapter 65

(12:24:23) Chapter 66

(12:36:45) Chapter 67

(12:50:09) Chapter 68

(12:58:01) Chapter 69

(13:14:47) Chapter 70

(13:27:58) Chapter 71

(13:49:49) Chapter 72

(14:02:33) Chapter 73

(14:11:41) Chapter 74

(14:30:50) Chapter 75

(14:37:04) Chapter 76

(14:45:39) Chapter 77

(14:53:32) Chapter 78

(14:56:22) Chapter 79

(14:59:37) Chapter 80

(15:12:38) Chapter 81

(15:26:36) Chapter 82

(15:47:28) Chapter 83

(15:52:35) Chapter 84

(16:05:11) Chapter 85

(16:15:24) Chapter 86

(16:23:50) Chapter 87

(16:50:59) Chapter 88

(17:05:54) Chapter 89

(17:17:30) Chapter 90

(17:25:00) Chapter 91

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