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Moby Dick; Or, The Whale

by Herman Melville

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  1. 1Etymology
  2. 2Extracts. (Supplied by a Sub-Sub-Librarian)
  3. 3Chapter 1 — Loomings
  4. 4Chapter 2 — The Carpet-Bag
  5. 5Chapter 3 — The Spouter-Inn
  6. 6Chapter 4 — The Counterpane
  7. 7Chapter 5 — Breakfast
  8. 8Chapter 6 — The Street
  9. 9Chapter 7 — The Chapel
  10. 10Chapter 8 — The Pulpit
  11. 11Chapter 9 — The Sermon
  12. 12Chapter 10 — A Bosom Friend
  13. 13Chapter 11 — Nightgown
  14. 14Chapter 12 — Biographical
  15. 15Chapter 13 — Wheelbarrow
  16. 16Chapter 14 — Nantucket
  17. 17Chapter 15 — Chowder
  18. 18Chapter 16 — The Ship
  19. 19Chapter 17 — The Ramadan
  20. 20Chapter 18 — His Mark
  21. 21Chapter 19 — The Prophet
  22. 22Chapter 20 — All Astir
  23. 23Chapter 21 — Going Aboard
  24. 24Chapter 22 — Merry Christmas
  25. 25Chapter 23 — The Lee Shore
  26. 26Chapter 24 — The Advocate
  27. 27Chapter 25 — Postscript
  28. 28Chapter 26 — Knights and Squires
  29. 29Chapter 27 — Knights and Squires
  30. 30Chapter 28 — Ahab
  31. 31Chapter 29 — Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb
  32. 32Chapter 30 — The Pipe
  33. 33Chapter 31 — Queen Mab
  34. 34Chapter 32 — Cetology
  35. 35Chapter 33 — The Specksnyder
  36. 36Chapter 34 — The Cabin-Table
  37. 37Chapter 35 — The Mast-Head
  38. 38Chapter 36 — The Quarter-Deck
  39. 39Chapter 37 — Sunset
  40. 40Chapter 38 — Dusk
  41. 41Chapter 39 — First Night-Watch
  42. 42Chapter 40 — Midnight, Forecastle
  43. 43Chapter 41 — Moby Dick
  44. 44Chapter 42 — The Whiteness of the Whale
  45. 45Chapter 43 — Hark!
  46. 46Chapter 44 — The Chart
  47. 47Chapter 45 — The Affidavit
  48. 48Chapter 46 — Surmises
  49. 49Chapter 47 — The Mat-Maker
  50. 50Chapter 48 — The First Lowering
  51. 51Chapter 49 — The Hyena
  52. 52Chapter 50 — Ahab’s Boat and Crew. Fedallah
  53. 53Chapter 51 — The Spirit-Spout
  54. 54Chapter 52 — The Albatross
  55. 55Chapter 53 — The Gam
  56. 56Chapter 54 — The Town-Ho’s Story
  57. 57Chapter 55 — Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales
  58. 58Chapter 56 — Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True…
  59. 59Chapter 57 — Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron;…
  60. 60Chapter 58 — Brit
  61. 61Chapter 59 — Squid
  62. 62Chapter 60 — The Line
  63. 63Chapter 61 — Stubb Kills a Whale
  64. 64Chapter 62 — The Dart
  65. 65Chapter 63 — The Crotch
  66. 66Chapter 64 — Stubb’s Supper
  67. 67Chapter 65 — The Whale as a Dish
  68. 68Chapter 66 — The Shark Massacre
  69. 69Chapter 67 — Cutting In
  70. 70Chapter 68 — The Blanket
  71. 71Chapter 69 — The Funeral
  72. 72Chapter 70 — The Sphynx
  73. 73Chapter 71 — The Jeroboam’s Story
  74. 74Chapter 72 — The Monkey-Rope
  75. 75Chapter 73 — Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; and Then Have a Ta…
  76. 76Chapter 74 — The Sperm Whale’s Head — Contrasted View
  77. 77Chapter 75 — The Right Whale’s Head — Contrasted View
  78. 78Chapter 76 — The Battering-Ram
  79. 79Chapter 77 — The Great Heidelburgh Tun
  80. 80Chapter 78 — Cistern and Buckets
  81. 81Chapter 79 — The Prairie
  82. 82Chapter 80 — The Nut
  83. 83Chapter 81 — The Pequod Meets the Virgin
  84. 84Chapter 82 — The Honor and Glory of Whaling
  85. 85Chapter 83 — Jonah Historically Regarded
  86. 86Chapter 84 — Pitchpoling
  87. 87Chapter 85 — The Fountain
  88. 88Chapter 86 — The Tail
  89. 89Chapter 87 — The Grand Armada
  90. 90Chapter 88 — Schools and Schoolmasters
  91. 91Chapter 89 — Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish
  92. 92Chapter 90 — Heads or Tails
  93. 93Chapter 91 — The Pequod Meets the Rose-Bud
  94. 94Chapter 92 — Ambergris
  95. 95Chapter 93 — The Castaway
  96. 96Chapter 94 — A Squeeze of the Hand
  97. 97Chapter 95 — The Cassock
  98. 98Chapter 96 — The Try-Works
  99. 99Chapter 97 — The Lamp
  100. 100Chapter 98 — Stowing Down and Clearing Up
  101. 101Chapter 99 — The Doubloon
  102. 102Chapter 100 — Leg and Arm
  103. 103Chapter 101 — The Decanter
  104. 104Chapter 102 — A Bower in the Arsacides
  105. 105Chapter 103 — Measurement of the Whale’s Skeleton
  106. 106Chapter 104 — The Fossil Whale
  107. 107Chapter 105 — Does the Whale’s Magnitude Diminish? — Will He Perish?
  108. 108Chapter 106 — Ahab’s Leg
  109. 109Chapter 107 — The Carpenter
  110. 110Chapter 108 — Ahab and the Carpenter
  111. 111Chapter 109 — Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin
  112. 112Chapter 110 — Queequeg in His Coffin
  113. 113Chapter 111 — The Pacific
  114. 114Chapter 112 — The Blacksmith
  115. 115Chapter 113 — The Forge
  116. 116Chapter 114 — The Gilder
  117. 117Chapter 115 — The Pequod Meets the Bachelor
  118. 118Chapter 116 — The Dying Whale
  119. 119Chapter 117 — The Whale Watch
  120. 120Chapter 118 — The Quadrant
  121. 121Chapter 119 — The Candles
  122. 122Chapter 120 — The Deck Towards the End of the First Night Watch
  123. 123Chapter 121 — Midnight — The Forecastle Bulwarks
  124. 124Chapter 122 — Midnight Aloft — Thunder and Lightning
  125. 125Chapter 123 — The Musket
  126. 126Chapter 124 — The Needle
  127. 127Chapter 125 — The Log and Line
  128. 128Chapter 126 — The Life-Buoy
  129. 129Chapter 127 — The Deck
  130. 130Chapter 128 — The Pequod Meets the Rachel
  131. 131Chapter 129 — The Cabin
  132. 132Chapter 130 — The Hat
  133. 133Chapter 131 — The Pequod Meets the Delight
  134. 134Chapter 132 — The Symphony
  135. 135Chapter 133 — The Chase — First Day
  136. 136Chapter 134 — The Chase — Second Day
  137. 137Chapter 135 — The Chase — Third Day
  138. 138Epilogue

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