Moby-Dick

Contents

1. Etymology
2. Extracts
3. Chapter 1: Loomings.
4. Chapter 2: The Carpet-Bag.
5. Chapter 3: The Spouter-Inn.
6. Chapter 4: The Counterpane.
7. Chapter 5: Breakfast.
8. Chapter 6: The Street.
9. Chapter 7: The Chapel.
10. Chapter 8: The Pulpit.
11. Chapter 9: The Sermon.
12. Chapter 10: A Bosom Friend.
13. Chapter 11: Nightgown.
14. Chapter 12: Biographical.
15. Chapter 13: Wheelbarrow.
16. Chapter 14: Nantucket.
17. Chapter 15: Chowder.
18. Chapter 16: The Ship.
19. Chapter 17: The Ramadan.
20. Chapter 18: His Mark.
21. Chapter 19: The Prophet.
22. Chapter 20: All Astir.
23. Chapter 21: Going Aboard.
24. Chapter 22: Merry Christmas.
25. Chapter 23: The Lee Shore.
26. Chapter 24: The Advocate.
27. Chapter 25: Postscript.
28. Chapter 26: Knights and Squires.
29. Chapter 27: Knights and Squires.
30. Chapter 28: Ahab.
31. Chapter 29: Enter Ahab; To Him, Stubb.
32. Chapter 30: The Pipe.
33. Chapter 31: Queen Mab.
34. Chapter 32: Cetology.
35. Chapter 33: The Specksnyder.
36. Chapter 34: The Cabin-Table.
37. Chapter 35: The Mast-Head.
38. Chapter 36: The Quarter-Deck.
39. Chapter 37: Sunset.
40. Chapter 38: Dusk.
41. Chapter 39: First Night-Watch.
42. Chapter 40: Midnight, Forecastle.
43. Chapter 41: Moby Dick.
44. Chapter 42: The Whiteness of the Whale.
45. Chapter 43: Hark!
46. Chapter 44: The Chart.
47. Chapter 45: The Affidavit.
48. Chapter 46: Surmises.
49. Chapter 47: The Mat-Maker.
50. Chapter 48: The First Lowering.
51. Chapter 49: The Hyena.
52. Chapter 50: Ahab'S Boat and Crew. Fedallah.
53. Chapter 51: The Spirit-Spout.
54. Chapter 52: The Albatross.
55. Chapter 53: The Gam.
56. Chapter 54: The Town-Ho'S Story.
57. Chapter 55: Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales.
58. Chapter 56: Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True
59. Chapter 57: Of Whales In Paint; In Teeth; In Wood; In Sheet-Iron; In
60. Chapter 58: Brit.
61. Chapter 59: Squid.
62. Chapter 60: The Line.
63. Chapter 61: Stubb Kills A Whale.
64. Chapter 62: The Dart.
65. Chapter 63: The Crotch.
66. Chapter 64: Stubb'S Supper.
67. Chapter 65: The Whale As A Dish.
68. Chapter 66: The Shark Massacre.
69. Chapter 67: Cutting In.
70. Chapter 68: The Blanket.
71. Chapter 69: The Funeral.
72. Chapter 70: The Sphynx.
73. Chapter 71: The Jeroboam'S Story.
74. Chapter 72: The Monkey-Rope.
75. Chapter 73: Stubb and Flask Kill A Right Whale; and Then Have A Talk
76. Chapter 74: The Sperm Whale'S Head--Contrasted View.
77. Chapter 75: The Right Whale'S Head--Contrasted View.
78. Chapter 76: The Battering-Ram.
79. Chapter 77: The Great Heidelburgh Tun.
80. Chapter 78: Cistern and Buckets.
81. Chapter 79: The Prairie.
82. Chapter 80: The Nut.
83. Chapter 81: The Pequod Meets the Virgin.
84. Chapter 82: The Honor and Glory of Whaling.
85. Chapter 83: Jonah Historically Regarded.
86. Chapter 84: Pitchpoling.
87. Chapter 85: The Fountain.
88. Chapter 86: The Tail.
89. Chapter 87: The Grand Armada.
90. Chapter 88: Schools and Schoolmasters.
91. Chapter 89: Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish.
92. Chapter 90: Heads Or Tails.
93. Chapter 91: The Pequod Meets the Rose-Bud.
94. Chapter 92: Ambergris.
95. Chapter 93: The Castaway.
96. Chapter 94: A Squeeze of the Hand.
97. Chapter 95: The Cassock.
98. Chapter 96: The Try-Works.
99. Chapter 97: The Lamp.
100. Chapter 98: Stowing Down and Clearing Up.
101. Chapter 99: The Doubloon.
102. Chapter 100: Leg and Arm.
103. Chapter 101: The Decanter.
104. Chapter 102: A Bower In the Arsacides.
105. Chapter 103: Measurement of the Whale'S Skeleton.
106. Chapter 104: The Fossil Whale.
107. Chapter 105: Does the Whale'S Magnitude Diminish?--Will He Perish?
108. Chapter 106: Ahab'S Leg.
109. Chapter 107: The Carpenter.
110. Chapter 108: Ahab and the Carpenter.
111. Chapter 109: Ahab and Starbuck In the Cabin.
112. Chapter 110: Queequeg In His Coffin.
113. Chapter 111: The Pacific.
114. Chapter 112: The Blacksmith.
115. Chapter 113: The Forge.
116. Chapter 114: The Gilder.
117. Chapter 115: The Pequod Meets the Bachelor.
118. Chapter 116: The Dying Whale.
119. Chapter 117: The Whale Watch.
120. Chapter 118: The Quadrant.
121. Chapter 119: The Candles.
122. Chapter 120: The Deck Towards the End of the First Night Watch.
123. Chapter 121: Midnight.--The Forecastle Bulwarks.
124. Chapter 122: Midnight Aloft.--Thunder and Lightning.
125. Chapter 123: The Musket.
126. Chapter 124: The Needle.
127. Chapter 125: The Log and Line.
128. Chapter 126: The Life-Buoy.
129. Chapter 127: The Deck.
130. Chapter 128: The Pequod Meets the Rachel.
131. Chapter 129: The Cabin.
132. Chapter 130: The Hat.
133. Chapter 131: The Pequod Meets the Delight.
134. Chapter 132: The Symphony.
135. Chapter 133: The Chase--First Day.
136. Chapter 134: The Chase--Second Day.
137. Chapter 135: The Chase.--Third Day.
138. Epilogue

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Herman Melville. Digital source: Project Gutenberg, ebook 2701. This reading text follows the edition used in our interactive reader.

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