Read Moby-Dick in English — and understand every line.
Read “Moby-Dick” by Herman Melville in English. Tap any word for its meaning, hear how it sounds, and save it to a memory-driven review schedule.
Start for free · no card, no signup wall
DICTIONARY
TRANSLATION
дорожить, лелеять
to feel warm affection for; to hold something dear.
Tap a word for its translation and part of speech — then save it to your list.
Library
What you get while you read
-
Tap to translate
Tap any word to see what it means in this exact sentence — with pronunciation and a clear example.
-
Save what matters
Add a word and it comes back on a spaced-repetition schedule timed to how memory actually works.
-
Grammar in context
Notable structures light up in the text, with a short explanation tied to the sentence you're reading.
About the book
Why Moby-Dick is a great book to read in English
Call me Ishmael: a restless narrator ships out on a whaler whose captain has one purpose — revenge on the white whale that took his leg. Moby-Dick (1851) is the Everest of this library: enormous, digressive, magnificent. The 135 short chapters give you natural footholds for the climb.
On LangOrbit you read “Moby-Dick” with a safety net: the translation is one tap away when a sentence runs long, every word opens its meaning in context and can be saved for spaced-repetition review, and the grammar behind the trickier lines is explained right where you meet it.
Keep reading
More books to read in English
Every title opens with the same dictionary, grammar help, and translation — start reading for free.
Moby-Dick
Read “Moby-Dick” by Herman Melville in English. Tap any word for its meaning, hear how it sounds, and save it to a memory-driven review schedule.
Read in the ReaderStart for free · no card, no signup wall