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