Moby Dick

By Herman Melville, Allan Drummond

Retells the story of the ill-fated voyage of a whaling ship led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in search of the white whale that had crippled him.

Tales, Poems, and Other Writings

By Herman Melville

From short masterpieces like “Bartleby the Scrivener” and “Billy Budd” to more obscure, even completely unknown works like the epic poem “Clarel,” Melville’s stories and poems rank among his greate...

Typee

By Herman Melville

Melville's first and most popular novel during his lifetime, Typee is a provocative and lively account of his exploits in the exotic South Seas during the early 1840s, where he journeyed as a young...

The Confidence-Man

By

“In The Confidence-Man,” writes John Bryant in his Introduction, “Melville found a way to render our tragic sense of self and society through the comic strategies of the confidence game. He puts th...

Redburn

By Herman Melville

Drawn from Melville’s own adolescent experience aboard a merchant ship, Redburn charts the coming-of-age of Wellingborough Redburn, a young innocent who embarks on a crossing to Liverpool together...

Moby Dick

By Joanne Fink

A simple retelling of the story of Ishmael, a young seaman who joins the crew of the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.

Moby Dick

By Herman Melville

Billy Budd and the Piazza Tales

By Melville

Redburn His First Voyage

By Herman Melville

Moby-Dick

By Herman Melville