Moby Dick; Or, The WhaleHerman Melville

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Moby Dick; Or, The Whale
by Herman Melville (1819–1891)
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"Moby Dick; Or, The Whale" by Herman Melville is an epic novel published in 1851. Sailor Ishmael narrates the obsessive quest of Captain Ahab, who commands the whaling ship Pequod in pursuit of Moby Dick, a giant white sperm whale that destroyed his leg. Ahab's monomaniacal hunt for vengeance drives the ship and its diverse crew across the world's oceans, blending realistic whaling details with profound explorations of good, evil, fate, and human nature in this cornerstone of American literature.
Chapters
135 total- 1CHAPTER 135. The Chase.—Third Day.3,767 words
- 2CHAPTER 1. Loomings.2,204 words
- 3CHAPTER 2. The Carpet-Bag.1,427 words
- 4CHAPTER 3. The Spouter-Inn.5,856 words
- 5CHAPTER 4. The Counterpane.1,646 words
- 6CHAPTER 5. Breakfast.742 words
- 7CHAPTER 6. The Street.815 words
- 8CHAPTER 7. The Chapel.949 words
- 9CHAPTER 8. The Pulpit.949 words
- 10CHAPTER 9. The Sermon.3,578 words
- 11CHAPTER 10. A Bosom Friend.1,553 words
- 12CHAPTER 11. Nightgown.724 words
- 13CHAPTER 12. Biographical.882 words
- 14CHAPTER 13. Wheelbarrow.1,687 words
- 15CHAPTER 14. Nantucket.756 words
- 16CHAPTER 15. Chowder.1,193 words
- 17CHAPTER 16. The Ship.5,499 words
- 18CHAPTER 17. The Ramadan.2,280 words
- 19CHAPTER 18. His Mark.1,370 words
- 20CHAPTER 19. The Prophet.1,229 words
- 21CHAPTER 20. All Astir.924 words
- 22CHAPTER 21. Going Aboard.1,101 words
- 23CHAPTER 22. Merry Christmas.1,631 words
- 24CHAPTER 23. The Lee Shore.362 words
- 25CHAPTER 24. The Advocate.1,667 words
- 26CHAPTER 25. Postscript.280 words
- 27CHAPTER 26. Knights and Squires.1,221 words
- 28CHAPTER 27. Knights and Squires.1,668 words
- 29CHAPTER 28. Ahab.1,399 words
- 30CHAPTER 29. Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb.1,189 words
- 31CHAPTER 30. The Pipe.290 words
- 32CHAPTER 31. Queen Mab.848 words
- 33CHAPTER 32. Cetology.5,153 words
- 34CHAPTER 33. The Specksnyder.968 words
- 35CHAPTER 34. The Cabin-Table.2,199 words
- 36CHAPTER 35. The Mast-Head.2,543 words
- 37CHAPTER 36. The Quarter-Deck.2,819 words
- 38CHAPTER 37. Sunset.502 words
- 39CHAPTER 38. Dusk.391 words
- 40CHAPTER 39. First Night-Watch.258 words
- 41CHAPTER 40. Midnight, Forecastle.1,559 words
- 42CHAPTER 41. Moby Dick.3,780 words
- 43CHAPTER 42. The Whiteness of the Whale.3,631 words
- 44CHAPTER 43. Hark!307 words
- 45CHAPTER 44. The Chart.2,033 words
- 46CHAPTER 45. The Affidavit.3,560 words
- 47CHAPTER 46. Surmises.994 words
- 48CHAPTER 47. The Mat-Maker.927 words
- 49CHAPTER 48. The First Lowering.3,957 words
- 50CHAPTER 49. The Hyena.838 words
- 51CHAPTER 50. Ahab’s Boat and Crew. Fedallah.1,007 words
- 52CHAPTER 51. The Spirit-Spout.1,511 words
- 53CHAPTER 52. The Albatross.718 words
- 54CHAPTER 53. The Gam.1,609 words
- 55CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho’s Story.8,024 words
- 56CHAPTER 55. Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales.1,889 words
- 57CHAPTER 56. Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True Pictures of Whaling Scenes.1,297 words
- 58CHAPTER 57. Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron; in Stone; in Mountains; in Stars.936 words
- 59CHAPTER 58. Brit.1,017 words
- 60CHAPTER 59. Squid.929 words
- 61CHAPTER 60. The Line.1,461 words
- 62CHAPTER 61. Stubb Kills a Whale.1,967 words
- 63CHAPTER 62. The Dart.568 words
- 64CHAPTER 63. The Crotch.476 words
- 65CHAPTER 64. Stubb’s Supper.3,021 words
- 66CHAPTER 65. The Whale as a Dish.986 words
- 67CHAPTER 66. The Shark Massacre.629 words
- 68CHAPTER 67. Cutting In.729 words
- 69CHAPTER 68. The Blanket.1,198 words
- 70CHAPTER 69. The Funeral.434 words
- 71CHAPTER 70. The Sphynx.873 words
- 72CHAPTER 71. The Jeroboam’s Story.2,259 words
- 73CHAPTER 72. The Monkey-Rope.1,636 words
- 74CHAPTER 73. Stubb and Flask kill a Right Whale; and Then Have a Talk over Him.2,184 words
- 75CHAPTER 74. The Sperm Whale’s Head—Contrasted View.1,632 words
- 76CHAPTER 75. The Right Whale’s Head—Contrasted View.1,226 words
- 77CHAPTER 76. The Battering-Ram.866 words
- 78CHAPTER 77. The Great Heidelburgh Tun.637 words
- 79CHAPTER 78. Cistern and Buckets.1,642 words
- 80CHAPTER 79. The Prairie.932 words
- 81CHAPTER 80. The Nut.898 words
- 82CHAPTER 81. The Pequod Meets The Virgin.4,321 words
- 83CHAPTER 82. The Honor and Glory of Whaling.1,150 words
- 84CHAPTER 83. Jonah Historically Regarded.770 words
- 85CHAPTER 84. Pitchpoling.809 words
- 86CHAPTER 85. The Fountain.2,063 words
- 87CHAPTER 86. The Tail.1,853 words
- 88CHAPTER 87. The Grand Armada.4,754 words
- 89CHAPTER 88. Schools and Schoolmasters.1,190 words
- 90CHAPTER 89. Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish.1,406 words
- 91CHAPTER 90. Heads or Tails.1,061 words
- 92CHAPTER 91. The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud.2,526 words
- 93CHAPTER 92. Ambergris.972 words
- 94CHAPTER 93. The Castaway.1,609 words
- 95CHAPTER 94. A Squeeze of the Hand.1,267 words
- 96CHAPTER 95. The Cassock.497 words
- 97CHAPTER 96. The Try-Works.1,818 words
- 98CHAPTER 97. The Lamp.240 words
- 99CHAPTER 98. Stowing Down and Clearing Up.1,015 words
- 100CHAPTER 99. The Doubloon.2,422 words
- 101CHAPTER 100. Leg and Arm.2,689 words
- 102CHAPTER 101. The Decanter.1,759 words
- 103CHAPTER 102. A Bower in the Arsacides.1,537 words
- 104CHAPTER 103. Measurement of The Whale’s Skeleton.925 words
- 105CHAPTER 104. The Fossil Whale.1,421 words
- 106CHAPTER 105. Does the Whale’s Magnitude Diminish?—Will He Perish?1,554 words
- 107CHAPTER 106. Ahab’s Leg.923 words
- 108CHAPTER 107. The Carpenter.1,035 words
- 109CHAPTER 108. Ahab and the Carpenter.1,579 words
- 110CHAPTER 109. Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin.915 words
- 111CHAPTER 110. Queequeg in His Coffin.2,243 words
- 112CHAPTER 111. The Pacific.418 words
- 113CHAPTER 112. The Blacksmith.929 words
- 114CHAPTER 113. The Forge.1,233 words
- 115CHAPTER 114. The Gilder.641 words
- 116CHAPTER 115. The Pequod Meets The Bachelor.879 words
- 117CHAPTER 116. The Dying Whale.513 words
- 118CHAPTER 117. The Whale Watch.476 words
- 119CHAPTER 118. The Quadrant.888 words
- 120CHAPTER 119. The Candles.2,550 words
- 121CHAPTER 120. The Deck Towards the End of the First Night Watch.173 words
- 122CHAPTER 121. Midnight.—The Forecastle Bulwarks.665 words
- 123CHAPTER 123. The Musket.1,205 words
- 124CHAPTER 124. The Needle.1,211 words
- 125CHAPTER 125. The Log and Line.1,119 words
- 126CHAPTER 126. The Life-Buoy.1,367 words
- 127CHAPTER 127. The Deck.714 words
- 128CHAPTER 128. The Pequod Meets The Rachel.1,385 words
- 129CHAPTER 129. The Cabin.579 words
- 130CHAPTER 130. The Hat.1,682 words
- 131CHAPTER 131. The Pequod Meets The Delight.425 words
- 132CHAPTER 132. The Symphony.1,595 words
- 133CHAPTER 133. The Chase—First Day.3,537 words
- 134CHAPTER 134. The Chase—Second Day.3,277 words
- 135CHAPTER 135. The Chase.—Third Day.4,778 words
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