Moby Dick; Or, The Whale

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• AuthorHerman Melville
• SourceProject Gutenberg #2701
• Length211,176 words
• Chapters137
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• CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
• Source checked2026-08-21

Contents

137 chapters

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1. 01By Herman Melville
2. 02CHAPTER 55. Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales.
3. 03CHAPTER 72. The Monkey-Rope.
4. 04CHAPTER 104. The Fossil Whale.
5. 05CHAPTER 119. The Candles.
6. 06Epilogue
7. 07CHAPTER 1. Loomings.
8. 08CHAPTER 2. The Carpet-Bag.
9. 09CHAPTER 3. The Spouter-Inn.
10. 10CHAPTER 4. The Counterpane.
11. 11CHAPTER 5. Breakfast.
12. 12CHAPTER 6. The Street.
13. 13CHAPTER 7. The Chapel.
14. 14CHAPTER 8. The Pulpit.
15. 15CHAPTER 9. The Sermon.
16. 16CHAPTER 10. A Bosom Friend.
17. 17CHAPTER 11. Nightgown.
18. 18CHAPTER 12. Biographical.
19. 19CHAPTER 13. Wheelbarrow.
20. 20CHAPTER 14. Nantucket.
21. 21CHAPTER 15. Chowder.
22. 22CHAPTER 16. The Ship.
23. 23CHAPTER 17. The Ramadan.
24. 24CHAPTER 18. His Mark.
25. 25CHAPTER 19. The Prophet.
26. 26CHAPTER 20. All Astir.
27. 27CHAPTER 21. Going Aboard.
28. 28CHAPTER 22. Merry Christmas.
29. 29CHAPTER 23. The Lee Shore.
30. 30CHAPTER 24. The Advocate.
31. 31CHAPTER 25. Postscript.
32. 32CHAPTER 26. Knights and Squires.
33. 33CHAPTER 27. Knights and Squires.
34. 34CHAPTER 28. Ahab.
35. 35CHAPTER 29. Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb.
36. 36CHAPTER 30. The Pipe.
37. 37CHAPTER 31. Queen Mab.
38. 38CHAPTER 32. Cetology.
39. 39CHAPTER 33. The Specksnyder.
40. 40CHAPTER 34. The Cabin-Table.
41. 41CHAPTER 35. The Mast-Head.
42. 42CHAPTER 36. The Quarter-Deck.
43. 43CHAPTER 37. Sunset.
44. 44CHAPTER 38. Dusk.
45. 45CHAPTER 39. First Night-Watch.
46. 46CHAPTER 40. Midnight, Forecastle.
47. 47CHAPTER 41. Moby Dick.
48. 48CHAPTER 42. The Whiteness of the Whale.
49. 49CHAPTER 43. Hark!
50. 50CHAPTER 44. The Chart.
51. 51CHAPTER 45. The Affidavit.
52. 52CHAPTER 46. Surmises.
53. 53CHAPTER 47. The Mat-Maker.
54. 54CHAPTER 48. The First Lowering.
55. 55CHAPTER 49. The Hyena.
56. 56CHAPTER 50. Ahab’s Boat and Crew. Fedallah.
57. 57CHAPTER 51. The Spirit-Spout.
58. 58CHAPTER 52. The Albatross.
59. 59CHAPTER 53. The Gam.
60. 60CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho’s Story.
61. 61CHAPTER 55. Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales.
62. 62CHAPTER 58. Brit.
63. 63CHAPTER 59. Squid.
64. 64CHAPTER 60. The Line.
65. 65CHAPTER 61. Stubb Kills a Whale.
66. 66CHAPTER 62. The Dart.
67. 67CHAPTER 63. The Crotch.
68. 68CHAPTER 64. Stubb’s Supper.
69. 69CHAPTER 65. The Whale as a Dish.
70. 70CHAPTER 66. The Shark Massacre.
71. 71CHAPTER 67. Cutting In.
72. 72CHAPTER 68. The Blanket.
73. 73CHAPTER 69. The Funeral.
74. 74CHAPTER 70. The Sphynx.
75. 75CHAPTER 71. The Jeroboam’s Story.
76. 76CHAPTER 72. The Monkey-Rope.
77. 77CHAPTER 74. The Sperm Whale’s Head—Contrasted View.
78. 78CHAPTER 75. The Right Whale’s Head—Contrasted View.
79. 79CHAPTER 76. The Battering-Ram.
80. 80CHAPTER 77. The Great Heidelburgh Tun.
81. 81CHAPTER 78. Cistern and Buckets.
82. 82CHAPTER 79. The Prairie.
83. 83CHAPTER 80. The Nut.
84. 84CHAPTER 81. The Pequod Meets The Virgin.
85. 85CHAPTER 82. The Honor and Glory of Whaling.
86. 86CHAPTER 83. Jonah Historically Regarded.
87. 87CHAPTER 84. Pitchpoling.
88. 88CHAPTER 85. The Fountain.
89. 89CHAPTER 86. The Tail.
90. 90CHAPTER 87. The Grand Armada.
91. 91CHAPTER 88. Schools and Schoolmasters.
92. 92CHAPTER 89. Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish.
93. 93CHAPTER 90. Heads or Tails.
94. 94CHAPTER 91. The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud.
95. 95CHAPTER 92. Ambergris.
96. 96CHAPTER 93. The Castaway.
97. 97CHAPTER 94. A Squeeze of the Hand.
98. 98CHAPTER 95. The Cassock.
99. 99CHAPTER 96. The Try-Works.
100. 100CHAPTER 97. The Lamp.
101. 101CHAPTER 98. Stowing Down and Clearing Up.
102. 102CHAPTER 99. The Doubloon.
103. 103CHAPTER 100. Leg and Arm.
104. 104CHAPTER 101. The Decanter.
105. 105CHAPTER 102. A Bower in the Arsacides.
106. 106CHAPTER 103. Measurement of The Whale’s Skeleton.
107. 107CHAPTER 104. The Fossil Whale.
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 121. Midnight.—The Forecastle Bulwarks.
123. 123CHAPTER 122. Midnight Aloft.—Thunder and Lightning.
124. 124CHAPTER 123. The Musket.
125. 125CHAPTER 124. The Needle.
126. 126CHAPTER 125. The Log and Line.
127. 127CHAPTER 126. The Life-Buoy.
128. 128CHAPTER 127. The Deck.
129. 129CHAPTER 128. The Pequod Meets The Rachel.
130. 130CHAPTER 129. The Cabin.
131. 131CHAPTER 130. The Hat.
132. 132CHAPTER 131. The Pequod Meets The Delight.
133. 133CHAPTER 132. The Symphony.
134. 134CHAPTER 133. The Chase—First Day.
135. 135CHAPTER 134. The Chase—Second Day.
136. 136CHAPTER 135. The Chase.—Third Day.
137. 137Epilogue

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