Moby Dick
Ishmael signs aboard the whaler Pequod looking for adventure and finds instead a captain ruled by one purpose. Ahab has lost a leg to Moby Dick, a great white sperm whale, and he means to kill it whatever the hunt costs his crew. Herman Melville built the voyage into something far larger than a sea story, folding in long meditations on whaling, obsession, fate, and the limits of human will. The prose swings from plain talk to near-scripture, and the closing chase remains one of the most famous endings in American fiction. Slow to find readers in 1851, it now sits near the center of the country’s literature. This free PDF and EPUB edition brings the full novel to your shelf.
About the Author
Herman Melville (1819–1891) was an American writer who drew heavily from his own experiences as a merchant sailor and whaler in the Pacific. He produced novels, short stories, and poetry that examined moral complexity and the sea, though he remained relatively obscure during his lifetime…
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Listen to Moby Dick by Herman Melville free online. The full audiobook (24 hr 38 min, 44 chapters, read by Stewart Wills) streams free on this page.
Moby Dick (1851) is a public domain work.
| # | Chapter | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapter 000: Etymology and Extracts | 29:13 | |
| 2 | Chapter 001-002 | 23:56 | |
| 3 | Chapter 003 | 34:53 | |
| 4 | Chapter 004-007 | 27:10 | |
| 5 | Chapter 008-009 | 29:36 | |
| 6 | Chapter 010-012 | 19:28 | |
| 7 | Chapter 013-015 | 23:08 | |
| 8 | Chapter 016 | 35:18 | |
| 9 | Chapter 017-021 | 42:49 | |
| 10 | Chapter 022-025 | 27:25 | |
| 11 | Chapter 026-027 | 19:20 | |
| 12 | Chapter 028-031 | 25:00 | |
| 13 | Chapter 032 | 36:58 | |
| 14 | Chapter 033-035 | 38:11 | |
| 15 | Chapter 036-040 | 42:17 | |
| 16 | Chapter 041 | 26:29 | |
| 17 | Chapter 042-044 | 43:36 | |
| 18 | Chapter 045-047 | 37:09 | |
| 19 | Chapter 048-050 | 38:29 | |
| 20 | Chapter 051-053 | 27:05 | |
| 21 | Chapter 054 | 54:14 | |
| 22 | Chapter 055-058 | 37:09 | |
| 23 | Chapter 059-063 | 38:45 | |
| 24 | Chapter 064-067 | 37:05 | |
| 25 | Chapter 068-071 | 34:21 | |
| 26 | Chapter 072-073 | 24:34 | |
| 27 | Chapter 074-077 | 30:27 | |
| 28 | Chapter 078-080 | 24:03 | |
| 29 | Chapter 081-082 | 36:45 | |
| 30 | Chapter 083-086 | 37:38 | |
| 31 | Chapter 087-088 | 40:31 | |
| 32 | Chapter 089-091 | 33:56 | |
| 33 | Chapter 092-096 | 42:47 | |
| 34 | Chapter 097-100 | 43:25 | |
| 35 | Chapter 101-104 | 40:03 | |
| 36 | Chapter 105-108 | 37:07 | |
| 37 | Chapter 109-113 | 41:00 | |
| 38 | Chapter 114-118 | 25:57 | |
| 39 | Chapter 119-123 | 32:43 | |
| 40 | Chapter 124-127 | 32:40 | |
| 41 | Chapter 128-132 | 42:23 | |
| 42 | Chapter 133 | 24:58 | |
| 43 | Chapter 134 | 22:48 | |
| 44 | Chapter 135 and Epilogue | 35:01 |
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