Free classics · 1851
Moby-Dick
Herman Melville
A whaling captain hunts the white whale that took his leg, and drags his whole crew into the chase.
- to read
- 15 h
- to read
- at 20 min a day
- 45 days
- at 20 min a day
- public domain
- Free
- public domain
What it’s about
Ishmael signs on to the whaler Pequod and only later learns that Captain Ahab means to hunt one whale above all others. The voyage turns into an obsession.
Between the drama, Melville writes whole chapters about whales, rope, ships and the sea, mixing adventure, comedy and philosophy.
- Obsession
- Nature's power
- Fate
“Call me Ishmael.”
Why people stop, and how to finish
The famous detours: chapters on whale anatomy and classification arrive just as the story gets going.
What helps: It is fine to skim the whale-science chapters on a first read. The story chapters carry you, and you can return to the detours later.
At 20 minutes a day you’ll reach the last page in about 45 days.
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