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Read Moby Dick online, free
Herman Melville · 1851
The whole book, free in your browser: about 15 hours 20 minutes of reading, 211,202 words. There is nothing to install, no account to make and no ads.
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…
Read it by the sea
The sea suits it: Ishmael goes to sea whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in his soul.
The button above opens the book with calm sea waves, its weather over the page. The sound starts with your first tap or key in the reader, and the sound panel changes the scene or turns it off. More about it: Sea sounds for reading.
The same sounds in the Android app
Silent Book for Android has the same six sounds and both pianos, over your own EPUB, FB2 and PDF books on your phone. It is free, with no daily limit, no ads while you read and no sign-in needed. The sounds come with the app, so they play with no connection.
Silent Book opens on Google Play country by country, so it may not be in yours yet.
Questions
Is Moby Dick free to read here?
Yes. The whole book is free to read on this site, with no ads and no time limit. Standard Ebooks, whose edition this is, dedicates it to the public domain.
Do I need to install anything or sign up?
No. The book opens in your browser: there is nothing to install, no account to make and no ads. This browser keeps your place in it.
Can I read it with rain or another sound?
Yes. The button on this page opens it with calm sea waves. The sound button in the reader offers six scenes, spring rain, a summer night, autumn wind, a winter hush, a campfire and sea waves, each with its weather over the page, free with no time limit.
Can I download Moby Dick as an EPUB?
Yes, from Standard Ebooks, whose edition the reader opens: its page for Moby Dick offers the EPUB free, dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0. Our guide to free e-books shows how to download it and open it here.
Can I read it on my phone?
Yes. The reader works in your phone's browser too, with nothing to install. There is also Silent Book for Android, which reads your own EPUB, FB2 and PDF files with the same six sounds; it opens on Google Play country by country, so it may not be in yours yet.
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Text: Standard Ebooks, whose edition is dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0; Standard Ebooks does not endorse this site. The reader's notice names every source. The cover is an illustration generated with Google Gemini.