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

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