Moby-Dick

Open presentation: Link

Primary Sources:

  • Full Text of Moby-Dick: Link

  • Facsimile of 1st edition of Moby-Dick PDF: Link

  • Gutenberg Project Options of E-books: Link

  • Quotes compiled by the author: Click here

  • Quotes compiled from the book: Click here

  • Sparknotes: Click here

  • Music to listen to while reading: Click here

Classroom Sources:

Supplemental Sources:

  • Moby Dick "Big Read" Audiobook: Click here

  • Why You Should Read Moby-Dick from TEDEd: Link

  • Stephen Colbert interviews professor about Moby-Dick on a rollercoaster: Link

  • In Our Time BBC Podcast about Moby-Dick: Link

  • Thug Notes for Moby-Dick: Link

  • Memorizing Moby-Dick: Link

  • Harold Bloom discussing the novel: Click here

  • Great Book: Moby-Dick Documentary: Click here

  • Nathaniel Philwick discusses why we should read Moby-Dick: Link

  • UC Berkeley Professor Herbert Dreyfuss series of lectures on the novel: Link

  • Professor's Lecture on "The Value of Herman Melville": Link

  • The Hunt for Moby-Dick Documentary: Click here

  • The Real-Life Story of the Sinking of the Essex Ship (inspiration for the novel...harrowing story!): Click here