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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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MOBY-DICK;
OR,
THE WHALE.

BY
HERMAN MELVILLE,
AUTHOR OF
“TYPEE,” “OMOO,” “REDBURN,” “MARDI,” “WHITE-JACKET.”

NEW YORK:

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.
LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY.

1851.
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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by
HERMAN MELVILLE,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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