Moby-Dick; or, The Whale · Moby-Dick, Transcriber’s notes · block 1
Transcriber’s Notes: A few obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Inconsistent hypenation and archaic spelling left unchanged. Reformatted September, 2025 to match the 1851 first edition, which appears to be the original source.Read in context ›
Herman Melville · 1851
Project Gutenberg #15, credited to Eugene F. Irey; updated 10 June 2026. Based on the first American edition, Harper & Brothers, 1851, according to the source catalog.
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