Herman Melville

The outcast youth Ishmael, succumbing to wanderlust during a dreary New England autumn, signs up for passage aboard a whaling ship....

Despite being published in 1851, Moby Dick appears at number 17 in The Guardian’s ‘The 100 best novels written in English’; a testament to its continued popularity....

Its famous opening line, "Call me Ishmael", dramatic in its stark simplicity, begins an epic that is widely regarded as the greatest novel ever written by an American....

A great new collection of classic short fiction, brilliantly read by a selection of narrators....

"Call me Ishmael." Thus starts the greatest American novel....

Called the greatest book about the sea ever written by D.H. Lawrence, Moby Dick features detailed descriptions of whale hunting and whale oil extraction as well as beautiful, incisive writing on race, class, religion, art, and society....

Herman Melville’s tale of corporate discontent, Bartleby, the Scrivener, tells the story of a quiet, hardworking legal copyist who works in an office in the Wall Street area of New York City....

Moby Dick est le nom d'un cachalot que le capitaine Achab traque depuis toujours sur son baleinier le Péquod. Tous les marins présents dans le bateau...

Ishmael embarks on his adventure and meets Queequeg along the way; instantly forming a close bond....

Captain Ahab and Ishmael’s lives change forever as the hunt for Moby Dick comes to an end....

The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume One is a continent-hopping, century-spanning collection of 15 essential classic novels by British, American, and Russian authors, read by a cast of incredible narrators including Stephen Fry, Jason Isaacs, Adjoa Andoh, David Rintoul, and many more.

Billy Budd, an orphaned, illegitimate child suffused with innocence, openness, and natural charisma, has been impressed into service aboard the HMS Bellipotent....

Written some 40 years after Moby Dick, Melville's Billy Budd is a moving tale of good versus evil....

Melville’s epic tale of one man versus a great white whale will delight Melville devotees as well as those who have yet to sail on this adventure in this mesmerizing new recording read by Jonathan Epstein....

The crew grow increasingly concerned about Captain Ahab as they sail through a dangerous storm....

Captain Ahab dismisses the crew’s catch when he confirms that it isn’t Moby Dick and an encounter with another ship makes him even more determined....

Ishmael and the crew pursue a believed sighting of Moby Dick on the whaling boats but they lose sight of the Pequod and are left stranded at sea....

The hunt for Moby Dick takes its toll on the crew of the Pequod....

The Pequod’s voyage reaches the Java sea as Captain Ahab continues his hunt for Moby Dick....

The grim reality of whaling hits Ishmael hard....