Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

About the author

Melville’s Moby-Dick begins as a whaling voyage and becomes a meditation on obsession, work, and what cannot be charted. The narrative voice never sits still for long. More of this shelf for Herman Melville.

Where to read it

• Open Library work
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• Project Gutenberg page

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