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Moby Dick

Herman Melville
Captain Ahab's obsessive hunt for the great white whale — an epic of ambition and madness.

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Moby Dick
Herman Melville · Chapter 1. Loomings.
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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…

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Table of contents

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

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