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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

A whaling captain drags his crew across the oceans in pursuit of the white whale that took his leg.

by Herman Melville · First published 1851 · 0 views

135 chapters · 212,796 words · ~1064 min read

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A whaling captain drags his crew across the oceans in pursuit of the white whale that took his leg. Public-domain classic, first published 1851. Full text sourced from Project Gutenberg (eBook #2701), https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2701 — US public domain, imported as library reading content.

Chapters

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

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