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Moby Dick; Or, The WhaleHerman Melville

Moby Dick; Or, The Whale

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Original author: Herman Melville

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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 vengeful mission drives the ship and its diverse crew across the world's oceans, blending realistic whaling details with profound explorations of fate, good and evil, and human obsession against nature's raw power.

Moby Dick; Or, The Whale, by Herman Melville. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #2489.

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143 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter 1: Loomings2,185 words
  2. 2.Chapter 2: The Carpet-Bag1,409 words
  3. 3.Chapter 3: The Spouter-Inn5,729 words
  4. 4.Chapter 4: The Counterpane1,644 words
  5. 5.Chapter 5: Breakfast730 words
  6. 6.Chapter 6: The Street801 words
  7. 7.Chapter 7: The Chapel896 words
  8. 8.Chapter 8: The Pulpit939 words
  9. 9.Chapter 9: The Sermon3,534 words
  10. 10.Chapter 10: A Bosom Friend1,544 words
  11. 11.Chapter 11: Nightgown718 words
  12. 12.Chapter 12: Biographical869 words
  13. 13.Chapter 13: Wheelbarrow1,669 words
  14. 14.Chapter 14: Nantucket750 words
  15. 15.Chapter 15: Chowder1,165 words
  16. 16.Chapter 16: The Ship5,355 words
  17. 17.Chapter 17: The Ramadan2,232 words
  18. 18.Chapter 18: His Mark1,325 words
  19. 19.Chapter 19: The Prophet1,165 words
  20. 20.Chapter 20: All Astir910 words
  21. 21.Chapter 21: Going Aboard1,029 words
  22. 22.Chapter 22: Merry Christmas1,590 words
  23. 23.Chapter 23: The Lee Shore357 words
  24. 24.Chapter 24: The Advocate1,627 words
  25. 25.Chapter 25: Postscript275 words
  26. 26.Chapter 26: Knights and Squires1,211 words
  27. 27.Chapter 27: Knights and Squires1,654 words
  28. 28.Chapter 28: Ahab1,389 words
  29. 29.Chapter 29: Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb1,177 words
  30. 30.Chapter 30: The Pipe285 words
  31. 31.Chapter 31: Queen Mab839 words
  32. 32.Chapter 32: Cetology1,521 words
  33. 33.Book I: (Folio), CHAPTER I. (Sperm Whale).—This whale, among the294 words
  34. 34.Book I: (Folio), CHAPTER II. (Right Whale).—In one respect this is the269 words
  35. 35.Book I: (Folio), CHAPTER III. (Fin-Back).—Under this head I reckon a903 words
  36. 36.Book I: (Folio), CHAPTER VI. (Sulphur Bottom).—Another retiring294 words
  37. 37.Book II: (Octavo), CHAPTER II. (Black Fish).—I give the popular186 words
  38. 38.Book II: (Octavo), CHAPTER III. (Narwhale), that is, Nostril whale604 words
  39. 39.Book II: (Octavo), CHAPTER V. (Thrasher).—This gentleman is famous for155 words
  40. 40.Book III: (Duodecimo), CHAPTER 1. (Huzza Porpoise).—This is the common271 words
  41. 41.Book III: (Duodecimo), CHAPTER III. (Mealy-mouthed Porpoise).—The489 words
  42. 42.Chapter 33: The Specksynder955 words
  43. 43.Chapter 34: The Cabin-Table2,180 words
  44. 44.Chapter 35: The Mast-Head2,520 words
  45. 45.Chapter 36: The Quarter-Deck2,722 words
  46. 46.Chapter 37: Sunset497 words
  47. 47.Chapter 38: Dusk387 words
  48. 48.Chapter 39: First Night Watch252 words
  49. 49.Chapter 40: Midnight, Forecastle1,412 words
  50. 50.Chapter 41: Moby Dick3,741 words
  51. 51.Chapter 42: The Whiteness of The Whale3,580 words
  52. 52.Chapter 43: Hark!284 words
  53. 53.Chapter 44: The Chart2,010 words
  54. 54.Chapter 45: The Affidavit3,254 words
  55. 55.Chapter 46: Surmises987 words
  56. 56.Chapter 47: The Mat-Maker905 words
  57. 57.Chapter 48: The First Lowering3,868 words
  58. 58.Chapter 49: The Hyena823 words
  59. 59.Chapter 50: Ahab's Boat and Crew. Fedallah994 words
  60. 60.Chapter 51: The Spirit-Spout1,489 words
  61. 61.Chapter 52: The Albatross705 words
  62. 62.Chapter 53: The Gam1,594 words
  63. 63.Chapter 54: The Town-Ho's Story7,808 words
  64. 64.Chapter 55: Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales1,865 words
  65. 65.Chapter 561,296 words
  66. 66.Chapter 57931 words
  67. 67.Chapter 58: Brit994 words
  68. 68.Chapter 59: Squid905 words
  69. 69.Chapter 60: The Line1,446 words
  70. 70.Chapter 61: Stubb Kills a Whale1,926 words
  71. 71.Chapter 62: The Dart561 words
  72. 72.Chapter 63: The Crotch468 words
  1. 73.Chapter 64: Stubb's Supper2,913 words
  2. 74.Chapter 65: The Whale as a Dish976 words
  3. 75.Chapter 66: The Shark Massacre621 words
  4. 76.Chapter 67: Cutting In725 words
  5. 77.Chapter 68: The Blanket1,184 words
  6. 78.Chapter 69: The Funeral424 words
  7. 79.Chapter 70: The Sphynx856 words
  8. 80.Chapter 71: The Jeroboam's Story2,210 words
  9. 81.Chapter 72: The Monkey-Rope1,604 words
  10. 82.Chapter 73: Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; and Then Have a Talk Over Him2,106 words
  11. 83.Chapter 74: The Sperm Whale's Head - Contrasted View1,611 words
  12. 84.Chapter 75: The Right Whale's Head - Contrasted View1,209 words
  13. 85.Chapter 76: The Battering-Ram862 words
  14. 86.Chapter 77: The Great Heidelburgh Tun624 words
  15. 87.Chapter 78: Cistern and Buckets1,620 words
  16. 88.Chapter 79: The Prairie924 words
  17. 89.Chapter 80: The Nut888 words
  18. 90.Chapter 81: The Pequod Meets The Virgin4,239 words
  19. 91.Chapter 82: The Honor and Glory of Whaling1,133 words
  20. 92.Chapter 83: Jonah Historically Regarded763 words
  21. 93.Chapter 84: Pitchpoling795 words
  22. 94.Chapter 85: The Fountain2,045 words
  23. 95.Chapter 86: The Tail1,826 words
  24. 96.Chapter 87: The Grand Armada4,817 words
  25. 97.Chapter 88: Schools and Schoolmasters1,172 words
  26. 98.Chapter 89: Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish1,378 words
  27. 99.Chapter 90: Heads or Tails1,021 words
  28. 100.Chapter 91: The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud2,428 words
  29. 101.Chapter 92: Ambergris960 words
  30. 102.Chapter 93: The Castaway1,584 words
  31. 103.Chapter 94: A Squeeze of the Hand1,244 words
  32. 104.Chapter 95: The Cassock492 words
  33. 105.Chapter 96: The Try-Works1,797 words
  34. 106.Chapter 97: The Lamp236 words
  35. 107.Chapter 98: Stowing Down and Clearing Up1,001 words
  36. 108.Chapter 99: The Doubloon2,396 words
  37. 109.Chapter 100: Leg and Arm2,620 words
  38. 110.Chapter 101: The Decanter1,733 words
  39. 111.Chapter 102: A Bower in the Arsacides1,518 words
  40. 112.Chapter 103: Measurement of The Whale's Skeleton905 words
  41. 113.Chapter 104: The Fossil Whale1,402 words
  42. 114.Chapter 1051,535 words
  43. 115.Chapter 106: Ahab's Leg913 words
  44. 116.Chapter 107: The Carpenter1,029 words
  45. 117.Chapter 108: Ahab and the Carpenter1,516 words
  46. 118.Chapter 109: Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin877 words
  47. 119.Chapter 110: Queequeg in His Coffin2,211 words
  48. 120.Chapter 111: The Pacific412 words
  49. 121.Chapter 112: The Blacksmith915 words
  50. 122.Chapter 113: The Forge1,182 words
  51. 123.Chapter 114: The Gilder626 words
  52. 124.Chapter 115: The Pequod Meets The Bachelor854 words
  53. 125.Chapter 116: The Dying Whale503 words
  54. 126.Chapter 117: The Whale Watch449 words
  55. 127.Chapter 118: The Quadrant876 words
  56. 128.Chapter 119: The Candles2,463 words
  57. 129.Chapter 120: The Deck Toward the End of the First Night Watch162 words
  58. 130.Chapter 121: Midnight - The Forecastle Bulwarks609 words
  59. 131.Chapter 123: The Musket1,193 words
  60. 132.Chapter 124: The Needle1,174 words
  61. 133.Chapter 125: The Log and Line1,065 words
  62. 134.Chapter 126: The Life-Buoy1,335 words
  63. 135.Chapter 127: The Deck673 words
  64. 136.Chapter 128: The Pequod Meets The Rachel1,360 words
  65. 137.Chapter 129: The Cabin564 words
  66. 138.Chapter 130: The Hat1,664 words
  67. 139.Chapter 131: The Pequod Meets The Delight405 words
  68. 140.Chapter 132: The Symphony1,566 words
  69. 141.Chapter 133: The Chase - First Day3,450 words
  70. 142.Chapter 134: The Chase - Second Day3,207 words
  71. 143.Chapter 135: The Chase - Third Day7,978 words