Catholic Reading Plan

Moby-Dick: (illustrated)

Herman Melville

A whaling voyage becomes a vast exploration of obsession, evil and the limits of human knowledge. Its many digressions are part of the experience.

Literature

Original date: 1851

Reading level: Demanding

Reading guides

Source notes & edition details

Bishop Robert Barron
Named in the published reading list; editions may differ.

Bibliographic references

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Original catalog editions

(2015), 599 pages
Moby-Dick: (illustrated)