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A whaling voyage and a captain who will chase one white whale to the ends of the sea. The longest book on the shelf. Type the whole of Herman Melville’s book, chapter by chapter, free in your browser.
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Call me Ishmael. Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation.Click to start typing
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How typing a book works
- Open Moby-Dick and start chapter 1, or choose any chapter. The text is the real book, a paragraph at a time.
- Type it as it is written: capitals, punctuation and all. Mistakes show in red, and the next word waits until you fix them.
- Every word earns coins for crates of collectable cards, and each finished chapter pays a bonus and arcade tickets.
- Stop whenever you like. Your place is kept to the paragraph, so you can read a little every day.
- Finish the book to earn its own title, “Call Me Ishmael”, and a cover banner for your profile.
Chapters
- 1Loomings2,244 words
- 2The Carpet-Bag1,452 words
- 3The Spouter-Inn5,911 words
- 4The Counterpane1,678 words
- 5Breakfast748 words
- 6The Street813 words
- 7The Chapel947 words
- 8The Pulpit951 words
- 9The Sermon3,617 words
- 10A Bosom Friend1,570 words
- 11Nightgown721 words
- 12Biographical885 words
…and 123 more chapters. Start at the beginning or pick any chapter in the game.
Questions
Is this the whole of Moby-Dick?
Yes. It is the complete text of Herman Melville’s 1851 book, which is in the public domain, split into its 135 chapters. Only the quotation marks and dashes are tidied so they are easy to type.
How long does it take to type Moby-Dick?
210,950 words takes about 88 hours at 40 words per minute, or 50 hours at 70. You can stop whenever you like: your place is saved, down to the paragraph.
Is it free?
Yes. You can start straight away as a guest. Sign in with Discord or Google if you want your place saved in the cloud and on every device.
Does it help my typing?
Real prose has capitals, punctuation and long words that word lists leave out, so typing a book is good practice for typing real things. The game tracks your speed and accuracy as you go.
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