Moby Dick; Or, The Whale
by Herman Melville (1819–1891)
- Level
- C2 C2 · Proficient
- Audiobook
- 24 h 38 min
- Read by
- Stewart Wills
- Words
- 215,590
- Chapters
- 141
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How it begins
Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; …
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