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Moby-Dick, or, The whale

Melville, Herman (1819-1891)
  
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CONTENTS.
  
MOBY-DICK; OR, THE WHALE.
  
ETYMOLOGY.
  
EXTRACTS.
  
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 1. 
CHAPTER I. LOOMINGS.
 2. 
CHAPTER II. THE CARPET-BAG.
 3. 
CHAPTER III. THE SPOUTER-INN.
 4. 
CHAPTER IV. THE COUNTERPANE.
 5. 
CHAPTER V. BREAKFAST.
 6. 
CHAPTER VI. THE STREET.
 7. 
CHAPTER VII. THE CHAPEL.
 8. 
CHAPTER VIII. THE PULPIT.
 9. 
CHAPTER IX. THE SERMON.
 10. 
CHAPTER X. A BOSOM FRIEND.
 11. 
CHAPTER XI. NIGHTGOWN.
 12. 
CHAPTER XII. BIOGRAPHICAL.
 13. 
CHAPTER XIII. WHEELBARROW.
 14. 
CHAPTER XIV. NANTUCKET.
 15. 
CHAPTER XV. CHOWDER.
 16. 
CHAPTER XVI. THE SHIP.
 17. 
CHAPTER XVII. THE RAMADAN.
 17. 
CHAPTER XVII. HIS MARK.
 19. 
CHAPTER XIX. THE PROPHET.
 20. 
CHAPTER XX. ALL ASTIR.
 21. 
CHAPTER XXI. GOING ABOARD.
 22. 
CHAPTER XXII. MERRY CHRISTMAS.
 23. 
CHAPTER XXIII. THE LEE SHORE.
 24. 
CHAPTER XXIV. THE ADVOCATE.
 25. 
CHAPTER XXV. POSTSCRIPT.
 26. 
CHAPTER XXVI. KNIGHTS AND SQUIRES.
 27. 
CHAPTER XXVII. KNIGHTS AND SQUIRES.
 28. 
CHAPTER XXVIII. AHAB.
 29. 
CHAPTER XXIX. ENTER AHAB; TO HIM, STUBB.
 30. 
CHAPTER XXX. THE PIPE.
 31. 
CHAPTER XXXI. QUEEN MAB.
 32. 
CHAPTER XXXII. CETOLOGY.
 33. 
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE SPECKSYNDER.
 34. 
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE CABIN-TABLE.
 35. 
CHAPTER XXXV. THE MAST-HEAD.
 36. 
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE QUARTER-DECK.
 37. 
CHAPTER XXXVII. SUNSET.
 38. 
CHAPTER XXXVIII. DUSK.
 39. 
CHAPTER XXXIX. FIRST NIGHT-WATCH. FORE-TOP.
 40. 
CHAPTER XL. MIDNIGHT, FORECASTLE.
 41. 
CHAPTER XLI. MOBY DICK.
 42. 
CHAPTER XLII. THE WHITENESS OF THE WHALE.
 43. 
CHAPTER XLIII. HARK!
 44. 
CHAPTER XLIV. THE CHART.
 45. 
CHAPTER XLV. THE AFFIDAVIT.
 46. 
CHAPTER XLVI. SURMISES.
 47. 
CHAPTER XLVII. THE MAT-MAKER.
 48. 
CHAPTER XLVIII. THE FIRST LOWERING.
 49. 
CHAPTER XLIX. THE HYENA.
 50. 
CHAPTER L. AHAB'S BOAT AND CREW. FEDALLAH.
 51. 
CHAPTER LI. THE SPIRIT-SPOUT.
 52. 
CHAPTER LII. THE ALBATROSS.
 53. 
CHAPTER LIII. THE GAM.
 54. 
CHAPTER LIV. THE TOWN-HO'S STORY.
 55. 
CHAPTER LV. OF THE MONSTROUS PICTURES OF WHALES.
 56. 
CHAPTER LVI. OF THE LESS ERRONEOUS PICTURES OF WHALES, AND THE TRUE PICTURES OF WHALING SCENES.
 57. 
CHAPTER LVII. OF WHALES IN PAINT; IN TEETH; IN WOOD; IN SHEET-IRON; IN STONE; IN MOUNTAINS; IN STARS.
 58. 
CHAPTER LVIII. BRIT.
 59. 
CHAPTER LIX. SQUID.
 60. 
CHAPTER LX. THE LINE.
 61. 
CHAPTER LXI. STUBB KILLS A WHALE.
 62. 
CHAPTER LXII. THE DART.
 63. 
CHAPTER LXIII. THE CROTCH.
 64. 
CHAPTER LXIV. STUBB'S SUPPER.
 65. 
CHAPTER LXV. THE WHALE AS A DISH.
 66. 
CHAPTER LXVI. THE SHARK MASSACRE.
 67. 
CHAPTER LXVII. CUTTING IN.
 68. 
CHAPTER LXVIII. THE BLANKET.
 69. 
CHAPTER LXIX. THE FUNERAL.
 70. 
CHAPTER LXX. THE SPHYNX.
 71. 
CHAPTER LXXI. THE JEROBOAM'S STORY.
 72. 
CHAPTER LXXII. THE MONKEY-ROPE.
 73. 
CHAPTER LXXIII. STUBB AND FLASK KILL A RIGHT WHALE; AND THEN HAVE A TALK OVER HIM.
 74. 
CHAPTER LXXIV. THE SPERM WHALE'S HEAD—CONTRASTED VIEW.
 75. 
CHAPTER LXXV. THE RIGHT WHALE'S HEAD.—CONTRASTED VIEW.
 76. 
CHAPTER LXXVI. THE BATTERING-RAM.
 77. 
CHAPTER LXXVII. THE GREAT HEIDELBURGH TUN.
 78. 
CHAPTER LXXVIII. CISTERN AND BUCKETS.
 79. 
CHAPTER LXXIX. THE PRAIRE.
 80. 
CHAPTER LXXX. THE NUT.
 81. 
CHAPTER LXXXI. THE PEQUOD MEETS THE VIRGIN.
 82. 
CHAPTER LXXXII. THE HONOR AND GLORY OF WHALING.
 83. 
CHAPTER LXXXIII. JONAH HISTORICALLY REGARDED.
 84. 
CHAPTER LXXXIV. PITCHPOLING.
 85. 
CHAPTER LXXXV. THE FOUNTAIN.
 86. 
CHAPTER LXXXVI. THE TAIL.
 87. 
CHAPTER LXXXVII. THE GRAND ARMADA.
 88. 
CHAPTER LXXXVIII. SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLMASTERS.
 89. 
CHAPTER LXXXIX. FAST-FISH AND LOOSE-FISH.
 90. 
CHAPTER XC. HEADS OR TAILS.
 91. 
CHAPTER XCI. THE PEQUOD MEETS THE ROSE-BUD.
 92. 
CHAPTER XCII. AMBERGRIS.
 93. 
CHAPTER XCIII. THE CASTAWAY.
 94. 
CHAPTER XCIV. A SQUEEZE OF THE HAND.
 95. 
CHAPTER XCV. THE CASSOCK.
 96. 
CHAPTER XCVI. THE TRY-WORKS.
 97. 
CHAPTER XCVII. THE LAMP.
 98. 
CHAPTER XCVIII. STOWING DOWN AND CLEARING UP.
 99. 
CHAPTER XCIX. THE DOUBLOON.
 100. 
CHAPTER C. LEG AND ARM.
 101. 
CHAPTER CI. THE DECANTER.
 102. 
CHAPTER CII. A BOWER IN THE ARSACIDES.
 103. 
CHAPTER CIII. MEASUREMENT OF THE WHALE'S SKELETON.
 104. 
CHAPTER CIV. THE FOSSIL WHALE.
 105. 
CHAPTER CV. DOES THE WHALE'S MAGNITUDE DIMINISH?—WILL HE PERISH?
 106. 
CHAPTER CVI. AHAB'S LEG.
 107. 
CHAPTER CVII. THE CARPENTER.
 108. 
CHAPTER CVIII. AHAB AND THE CARPENTER. THE DECK—FIRST NIGHT WATCH.
 109. 
CHAPTER CIX. AHAB AND STARBUCK IN THE CABIN.
 110. 
CHAPTER CX. QUEEQUEG IN HIS COFFIN.
 111. 
CHAPTER CXI. THE PACIFIC.
 112. 
CHAPTER CXII. THE BLACKSMITH.
 113. 
CHAPTER CXIII. THE FORGE.
 114. 
CHAPTER CXIV. THE GILDER.
 115. 
CHAPTER CXV. THE PEQUOD MEETS THE BACHELOR.
 116. 
CHAPTER CXVI. THE DYING WHALE.
 117. 
CHAPTER CXVII. THE WHALE WATCH.
 118. 
CHAPTER CXVIII. THE QUADRANT.
 119. 
CHAPTER CXIX. THE CANDLES.
 120. 
CHAPTER CXX. THE DECK TOWARDS THE END OF THE FIRST NIGHT WATCH.
 121. 
CHAPTER CXXI. MIDNIGHT.—THE FORECASTLE BULWARKS.
 122. 
CHAPTER CXXXII. MIDNIGHT ALOFT.—THUNDER AND LIGHTNING.
 123. 
CHAPTER CXXIII. THE MUSKET.
 124. 
CHAPTER CXXIV. THE NEEDLE.
 125. 
CHAPTER CXXV. THE LOG AND LINE.
 126. 
CHAPTER CXXVI. THE LIFE-BUOY.
 127. 
CHAPTER CXXVII. THE DECK.
 128. 
CHAPTER CXXVIII. THE PEQUOD MEETS THE RACHEL.
 129. 
CHAPTER CXXIX. THE CABIN.
 130. 
CHAPTER CXXX. THE HAT.
 131. 
CHAPTER CXXXI. THE PEQUOD MEETS THE DELIGHT.
 132. 
CHAPTER CXXXII. THE SYMPHONY.
 133. 
CHAPTER CXXXIII. THE CHASE—FIRST DAY.
 134. 
CHAPTER CXXXIV. THE CHASE—SECOND DAY.
 135. 
CHAPTER CXXXV. THE CHASE.—THIRD DAY.
  
EPILOGUE.

  
BY HERMAN MELVILLE. WHITE-JACKET.
  
BY HERMAN MELVILLE. OMOO.
  
BY HERMAN MELVILLE. MARDI.
  
BY HERMAN MELVILLE. TYPEE.
  
BY HERMAN MELVILLE. REDBURN.
  
CHOICE WORKS FOR LIBRARIES, JUST PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK.
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  • I. —Loomings 1

  • II. —The Carpet Bag. 7

  • III. —The Spouter-Inn 11

  • IV. —The Counterpane 28

  • V. —Breakfast 32

  • VI. —The Street 35

  • VII. —The Chapel 37

  • VIII. —The Pulpit 41

  • IX. —The Sermon 44

  • X. —A Bosom Friend 54

  • XI. —Nightgown 58

  • XII. —Biographical 61

  • XIII. —Wheelbarrow 63

  • XIV. —Nantucket 69

  • XV. —Chowder 71

  • XVI. —The Ship 75

  • XVII. —The Ramadan 91

  • XVIII. —His Mark 97

  • XIX. —The Prophet 102

  • XX. —All Astir 106

  • XXI. —Going Aboard 108

  • XXII. —Merry Christmas 112

  • XXIII. —The Lee Shore 117

  • XXIV. —The Advocate 118

  • XXV. —Postscript. 124

  • XXVI. —Knights and Squires. 125

  • XXVII. —Knights and Squires. 128

  • XXVIII. —Ahab 133

  • XXIX. —Enter Ahab; to him,
    Stubb 137

  • XXX. —The Pipe 141

  • XXXI. —Queen Mab 142

  • XXXII. —Cetology 144

  • XXXIII. —The Specksynder 159

  • XXXIV. —The Cabin Table 162

  • XXXV. —The Mast-Head. 169

  • XXXVI. —The Quarter-Deck.
    Ahab and all. 176

  • XXXVII. —Sunset 185

  • XXXVIII. —Dusk 186

  • XXXIX. —First Night-Watch 188

  • XL. —Forecastle. — Midnight
    189

  • XLI. —Moby Dick 196

  • XLII. —The Whiteness of
    the Whale 207

  • XLIII. —Hark! 217

  • XLIV. —The Chart 218

  • XLV. —The Affidavit 224

  • XLVI. —Surmises 234

  • XLVII. —The Mat-Maker 237

  • XLVIII. —The First Lowering 240

  • XLIX. —The Hyena 252

  • L. —Ahab's Boat and
    Crew—Fedallah. 255

  • LI. —The Spirit-Spout 258

  • LII. —The Pequod meets
    the Albatross. 262

  • LIII. —The Gam. 264

  • LIV. —The Town Ho's
    Story 269

  • LV. —Monstrous Pictures
    of Whales. 292

  • LVI. —Less Erroneous Pictures
    of Whales 298

  • LVII. —Of Whales in Paint,
    in Teeth, &c. 302

  • LVIII. —Brit. 305

  • LIX. —Squid 308

  • LX. —The Line. 311

  • LXI. —Stubb kills a Whale 315

  • LXII. —The Dart. 321

  • LXIII. —The Crotch 322

  • LXIV. —Stubb's Supper 324

  • LXV. —The Whale as a
    Dish 333

  • LXVI. —The Shark Massacre
    336

  • LXVII. —Cutting In 338

  • LXVIII. —The Blanket 340

  • LXIX. —The Funeral. 343

  • LXX. —The Sphynx. 345

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  • LXXI. —The Pequod meets
    the Jeroboam.
    Her Story 348

  • LXXII. —The Monkey-rope 355

  • LXXIII. —Stubb & Flask kill
    a Right Whale. 360

  • LXXIV. —The Sperm Whale's
    Head 366

  • LXXV. —The Right Whale's
    Head. 371

  • LXXVI. —The Battering Ram 374

  • LXXVII. —The Great Heidelburgh
    Tun 377

  • LXXVIII. —Cistern and Buckets
    379

  • LXXIX. —The Praire 384

  • LXXX. —The Nut 387

  • LXXXI. —The Pequod meets
    the Virgin 390

  • LXXXII. —The Honor and
    Glory of Whaling
    402

  • LXXXIII. —Jonah Historically
    Regarded 406

  • LXXXIV. —Pitchpoling. 408

  • LXXXV. —The Fountain 411

  • LXXXVI. —The Tail 417

  • LXXXVII. —The Grand Armada.
    422

  • LXXXVIII. —Schools & Schoolmasters
    436

  • LXXXIX. —Fast Fish and
    Loose Fish 440

  • XC. —Heads or Tails 444

  • XCI. —The Pequod meets
    the Rose Bud 447

  • XCII. —Ambergris 455

  • XCIII. —The Castaway 458

  • XCIV. —A Squeeze of the
    Hand. 463

  • XCV. —The Cassock 467

  • XCVI. —The Try-Works 468

  • XCVII. —The Lamp 474

  • XCVIII. —Stowing Down &
    Clearing Up 474

  • XCIX. —The Doubloon. 478

  • C. —The Pequod meets
    the Samuel Enderby
    of London 485

  • CI. —The Decanter 493

  • CII. —A Bower in the Arsacides.
    498

  • CIII. —Measurement of the
    Whale's Skeleton 503

  • CIV. —The Fossil Whale. 506

  • CV. —Does the Whale Diminish?
    510

  • CVI. —Ahab's Leg 515

  • CVII. —The Carpenter 518

  • CVIII. —The Deck. Ahab
    and the Carpenter 521

  • CIX. —The Cabin. Ahab
    and Starbuck 526

  • CX. —Queequeg in his
    Coffin 529

  • CXI. —The Pacific 535

  • CXII. —The Blacksmith 537

  • CXIII. —The Forge 540

  • CXIV. —The Gilder 544

  • CXV. —The Pequod meets
    the Bachelor 546

  • CXVI. —The Dying Whale. 549

  • CXVII. —The Whale-Watch. 550

  • CXVIII. —The Quadrant 552

  • CXIX. —The Candles. 555

  • CXX. —The Deck 562

  • CXXI. —Midnight, on the
    Forecastle 563

  • CXXII. —Midnight, Aloft. 565

  • CXXIII. —The Musket. 565

  • CXXIV. —The Needle 569

  • CXXV. —The Log and Line. 573

  • CXXVI. —The Life-Buoy 577

  • CXXVII. —Ahab and the Carpenter
    581

  • CXXVIII. —The Pequod meets
    the Rachel 583

  • CXXIX. —The Cabin. Ahab
    and Pip 587

  • CXXX. —The Hat 589

  • CXXXI. —The Pequod meets
    the Delight 594

  • CXXXII. —The Symphony. 596

  • CXXXIII. —The Chase. First
    Day 601

  • CXXXIV. —The Chase. Second
    Day 611

  • CXXXV. —The Chase. Third
    Day 621

    Epilogue

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