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Moby DickHerman Melville

Moby Dick

Or, The Whale

Listening time
about 22 h 48 min
Length
212,073 words
Public domain
the author died in 1891
Edition
Public-domain text, cleaned for narration
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1.2 MB stored on your device
Language
English
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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.

Moby Dick · Herman Melville

  • LilyStandardBritish · female · the free engine0:15

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