Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby-Dick, or, The Whale
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  • Header
  • Front Matter
  • Chapter i LOOMINGS
  • Chapter ii THE CARPET-BAG
  • Chapter iii THE SPOUTER-INN
  • Chapter iv THE COUNTERPANE
  • Chapter v BREAKFAST
  • Chapter vi THE STREET
  • Chapter vii THE CHAPEL
  • Chapter viii THE PULPIT
  • Chapter ix THE SERMON
  • Chapter x A BOSOM FRIEND
  • Chapter xi NIGHTGOWN
  • Chapter xii BIOGRAPHICAL
  • Chapter xiii WHEELBARROW
  • Chapter xiv NANTUCKET
  • Chapter xv CHOWDER
  • Chapter xvi THE SHIP
  • Chapter xvii THE RAMADAN
  • Chapter xviii HIS MARK
  • Chapter xix THE PROPHET
  • Chapter xx ALL ASTIR
  • Chapter xxi GOING ABOARD
  • Chapter xxii MERRY CHRISTMAS
  • Chapter xxiii THE LEE SHORE
  • Chapter xxiv THE ADVOCATE
  • Chapter xxv POSTSCRIPT
  • Chapter xxvi KNIGHTS AND SQUIRES
  • Chapter xxvii KNIGHTS AND SQUIRES
  • Chapter xxviii AHAB
  • Chapter xxix ENTER AHAB; TO HIM, STUBB
  • Chapter xxx THE PIPE
  • Chapter xxxi QUEEN MAB
  • Chapter xxxii CETOLOGY
  • Chapter xxxiii THE SPECKSYNDER
  • Chapter xxxiv THE CABIN-TABLE
  • Chapter xxxv THE MAST-HEAD
  • Chapter xxxvi THE QUARTER-DECK
  • Chapter xxxvii SUNSET
  • Chapter xxxviii DUSK
  • Chapter xxxix FIRST NIGHT-WATCH
  • Chapter xl MIDNIGHT, FORECASTLE
  • Chapter xli MOBY DICK
  • Chapter xlii THE WHITENESS OF THE WHALE
  • Chapter xliii HARK!
  • Chapter xliv THE CHART
  • Chapter xlv THE AFFIDAVIT
  • Chapter xlvi SURMISES
  • Chapter xlvii THE MAT-MAKER
  • Chapter xlviii THE FIRST LOWERING
  • Chapter xlix THE HYENA
  • Chapter l AHAB'S BOAT AND CREW. FEDALLAH
  • Chapter li THE SPIRIT-SPOUT
  • Chapter lii THE ALBATROSS
  • Chapter liii THE GAM
  • Chapter liv THE TOWN-HO'S STORY
  • Chapter lv OF THE MONSTROUS PICTURES OF WHALES
  • Chapter lvi OF THE LESS ERRONEOUS PICTURES OF WHALES, AND THE TRUE PICTURES OF WHALING SCENES
  • Chapter lvii OF WHALES IN PAINT; IN TEETH; IN WOOD; IN SHEET-IRON; IN STONE; IN MOUNTAINS; IN STARS
  • Chapter lviii BRIT
  • Chapter lix SQUID
  • Chapter lx THE LINE
  • Chapter lxi STUBB KILLS A WHALE
  • Chapter lxii THE DART
  • Chapter lxiii THE CROTCH
  • Chapter lxiv STUBB'S SUPPER
  • Chapter lxv THE WHALE AS A DISH
  • Chapter lxvi THE SHARK MASSACRE
  • Chapter lxvii CUTTING IN
  • Chapter lxviii THE BLANKET
  • Chapter lxix THE FUNERAL
  • Chapter lxx THE SPHYNX
  • Chapter lxxi THE JEROBOAM'S STORY
  • Chapter lxxii THE MONKEY ROPE
  • Chapter lxxiii STUBB AND FLASK KILL A RIGHT WHALE; AND THEN HAVE A TALK OVER HIM
  • Chapter lxxiv THE SPERM WHALE'S HEAD — CONTRASTED VIEW
  • Chapter lxxv THE RIGHT WHALE'S HEAD — CONTRASTED VIEW
  • Chapter lxxvi THE BATTERING-RAM
  • Chapter lxxvii THE GREAT HEIDELBURGH TUN
  • Chapter lxxviii CISTERN AND BUCKETS
  • Chapter lxxix THE PRAIRE
  • Chapter lxxx THE NUT
  • Chapter lxxxi THE PEQUOD MEETS THE VIRGIN
  • Chapter lxxxii THE HONOR AND GLORY OF WHALING
  • Chapter lxxxiii JONAH HISTORICALLY REGARDED
  • Chapter lxxxiv PITCHPOLING
  • Chapter lxxxv THE FOUNTAIN
  • Chapter lxxxvi THE TAIL
  • Chapter lxxxvii THE GRAND ARMADA
  • Chapter lxxxviii SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLMASTERS
  • Chapter lxxxix FAST-FISH AND LOOSE-FISH
  • Chapter xc HEADS OR TAILS
  • Chapter xci THE PEQUOD MEETS THE ROSE-BUD
  • Chapter xcii AMBERGRIS
  • Chapter xciii THE CASTAWAY
  • Chapter xciv A SQUEEZE OF THE HAND
  • Chapter xcv THE CASSOCK
  • Chapter xcvi THE TRY-WORKS
  • Chapter xcvii THE LAMP
  • Chapter xcviii STOWING DOWN AND CLEARING UP
  • Chapter xcix THE DOUBLOON
  • Chapter c LEG AND ARM THE PEQUOD, OF NANTUCKET, MEETS THE SAMUEL ENDERBY, OF LONDON
  • Chapter ci THE DECANTER
  • Chapter cii A BOWER IN THE ARSACIDES
  • Chapter ciii MEASUREMENT OF THE WHALE'S SKELETON
  • Chapter civ THE FOSSIL WHALE
  • Chapter cv DOES THE WHALE'S MAGNITUDE DIMINISH? — WILL HE PERISH?
  • Chapter cvi AHAB'S LEG
  • Chapter cvii THE CARPENTER
  • Chapter cviii AHAB AND THE CARPENTER
  • Chapter cix AHAB AND STARBUCK IN THE CABIN
  • Chapter cx QUEEQUEG IN HIS COFFIN
  • Chapter cxi THE PACIFIC
  • Chapter cxii THE BLACKSMITH
  • Chapter cxiii THE FORGE
  • Chapter cxiv THE GILDER
  • Chapter cxv THE PEQUOD MEETS THE BACHELOR
  • Chapter cxvi THE DYING WHALE
  • Chapter cxvii THE WHALE WATCH
  • Chapter cxviii THE QUADRANT
  • Chapter cxix THE CANDLES
  • Chapter cxx THE DECK TOWARDS THE END OF THE FIRST NIGHT WATCH
  • Chapter cxxi MIDNIGHT — THE FORECASTLE BULWARKS
  • Chapter cxxii MIDNIGHT ALOFT — THUNDER AND LIGHTNING
  • Chapter cxxiii THE MUSKET
  • Chapter cxxiv THE NEEDLE
  • Chapter cxxv THE LOG AND LINE
  • Chapter cxxvi THE LIFE-BUOY
  • Chapter cxxvii THE DECK
  • Chapter cxxviii THE PEQUOD MEETS THE RACHEL
  • Chapter cxxix THE CABIN
  • Chapter cxxx THE HAT
  • Chapter cxxxi THE PEQUOD MEETS THE DELIGHT
  • Chapter cxxxii THE SYMPHONY
  • Chapter cxxxiii THE CHASE — FIRST DAY
  • Chapter cxxxiv THE CHASE — SECOND DAY
  • Chapter cxxxv THE CHASE — THIRD DAY
  • Epilogue EPILOGUE