Full text · 149 chaptersNarrated in your voice
Public domain · added by Library
What it's about
A whaling voyage, an encyclopedia of whales, a revenge tragedy, and a sermon, in a hundred and thirty-five short chapters that do not agree about what kind of book they are in. It failed completely in Melville's lifetime.
Reading plan
Pick a finish date and Genius lays out the days — the plan shows today's target and keeps you honest.
Read together
Start a circle and share the code — everyone sees everyone's honest place in the book. Accountability, not leaderboards.
Who it's for
- Anyone who has started it twice and stopped twice - Readers who like a book that changes shape - Anyone who wants the chapters on whiteness and on rope
What’s inside
Showing the first 24 of 149 chapters — open the book for the rest.
