Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

BOOK I. (_Folio_), CHAPTER V. (_Razor Back_).—Of this whale little is

known but his name. I have seen him at a distance off Cape Horn. Of a retiring nature, he eludes both hunters and philosophers. Though no coward, he has never yet shown any part of him but his back, which rises in a long sharp ridge. Let him go. I know little more of him, nor does anybody else.

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Chapter 1 Ch.1
CHAPTER 56. Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True Ch.2
CHAPTER 57. Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron; in Ch.3
CHAPTER 73. Stubb and Flask kill a Right Whale; and Then Have a Talk Ch.4
CHAPTER 135. The Chase.—Third Day. Ch.5
CHAPTER 1. Loomings. Ch.6
CHAPTER 2. The Carpet-Bag. Ch.7
CHAPTER 3. The Spouter-Inn. Ch.8
CHAPTER 4. The Counterpane. Ch.9
CHAPTER 5. Breakfast. Ch.10
CHAPTER 6. The Street. Ch.11
CHAPTER 7. The Chapel. Ch.12
CHAPTER 8. The Pulpit. Ch.13
CHAPTER 9. The Sermon. Ch.14
CHAPTER 10. A Bosom Friend. Ch.15
CHAPTER 11. Nightgown. Ch.16
CHAPTER 12. Biographical. Ch.17
CHAPTER 13. Wheelbarrow. Ch.18
CHAPTER 14. Nantucket. Ch.19
CHAPTER 15. Chowder. Ch.20
CHAPTER 16. The Ship. Ch.21
CHAPTER 17. The Ramadan. Ch.22
CHAPTER 18. His Mark. Ch.23
CHAPTER 19. The Prophet. Ch.24
CHAPTER 20. All Astir. Ch.25
CHAPTER 21. Going Aboard. Ch.26
CHAPTER 22. Merry Christmas. Ch.27
CHAPTER 23. The Lee Shore. Ch.28
CHAPTER 24. The Advocate. Ch.29
CHAPTER 25. Postscript. Ch.30
CHAPTER 26. Knights and Squires. Ch.31
CHAPTER 27. Knights and Squires. Ch.32
CHAPTER 28. Ahab. Ch.33
CHAPTER 29. Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb. Ch.34
CHAPTER 30. The Pipe. Ch.35
CHAPTER 31. Queen Mab. Ch.36
CHAPTER 32. Cetology. Ch.37
BOOK I. (_Folio_), CHAPTER I. (_Sperm Whale_).—This whale, among the Ch.38
BOOK I. (_Folio_), CHAPTER II. (_Right Whale_).—In one respect this is Ch.39
BOOK I. (_Folio_), CHAPTER III. (_Fin-Back_).—Under this head I reckon Ch.40
BOOK I. (_Folio_) CHAPTER IV. (_Hump Back_).—This whale is often seen Ch.41
BOOK I. (_Folio_), CHAPTER V. (_Razor Back_).—Of this whale little is Ch.42
BOOK I. (_Folio_), CHAPTER VI. (_Sulphur Bottom_).—Another retiring Ch.43
BOOK II. (_Octavo_), CHAPTER I. (_Grampus_).—Though this fish, whose Ch.44
BOOK II. (_Octavo_), CHAPTER II. (_Black Fish_).—I give the popular Ch.45
BOOK II. (_Octavo_), CHAPTER III. (_Narwhale_), that is, _Nostril Ch.46
BOOK II. (_Octavo_), CHAPTER IV. (_Killer_).—Of this whale little is Ch.47
BOOK II. (_Octavo_), CHAPTER V. (_Thrasher_).—This gentleman is famous Ch.48
BOOK III. (_Duodecimo_), CHAPTER 1. (_Huzza Porpoise_).—This is the Ch.49
BOOK III. (_Duodecimo_), CHAPTER II. (_Algerine Porpoise_).—A pirate. Ch.50
BOOK III. (_Duodecimo_), CHAPTER III. (_Mealy-mouthed Porpoise_).—The Ch.51
CHAPTER 33. The Specksnyder. Ch.52
CHAPTER 34. The Cabin-Table. Ch.53
CHAPTER 35. The Mast-Head. Ch.54
CHAPTER 36. The Quarter-Deck. Ch.55
CHAPTER 37. Sunset. Ch.56
CHAPTER 38. Dusk. Ch.57
CHAPTER 39. First Night-Watch. Ch.58
CHAPTER 40. Midnight, Forecastle. Ch.59
CHAPTER 41. Moby Dick. Ch.60
CHAPTER 42. The Whiteness of the Whale. Ch.61
CHAPTER 43. Hark! Ch.62
CHAPTER 44. The Chart. Ch.63
CHAPTER 45. The Affidavit. Ch.64
CHAPTER 46. Surmises. Ch.65
CHAPTER 47. The Mat-Maker. Ch.66
CHAPTER 48. The First Lowering. Ch.67
CHAPTER 49. The Hyena. Ch.68
CHAPTER 50. Ahab’s Boat and Crew. Fedallah. Ch.69
CHAPTER 51. The Spirit-Spout. Ch.70
CHAPTER 52. The Albatross. Ch.71
CHAPTER 53. The Gam. Ch.72
CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho’s Story. Ch.73
CHAPTER 55. Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales. Ch.74
CHAPTER 56. Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True Ch.75
CHAPTER 57. Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron; in Ch.76
CHAPTER 58. Brit. Ch.77
CHAPTER 59. Squid. Ch.78
CHAPTER 60. The Line. Ch.79
CHAPTER 61. Stubb Kills a Whale. Ch.80
CHAPTER 62. The Dart. Ch.81
CHAPTER 63. The Crotch. Ch.82
CHAPTER 64. Stubb’s Supper. Ch.83
CHAPTER 65. The Whale as a Dish. Ch.84
CHAPTER 66. The Shark Massacre. Ch.85
CHAPTER 67. Cutting In. Ch.86
CHAPTER 68. The Blanket. Ch.87
CHAPTER 69. The Funeral. Ch.88
CHAPTER 70. The Sphynx. Ch.89
CHAPTER 71. The Jeroboam’s Story. Ch.90
CHAPTER 72. The Monkey-Rope. Ch.91
CHAPTER 73. Stubb and Flask kill a Right Whale; and Then Have a Talk Ch.92
CHAPTER 74. The Sperm Whale’s Head—Contrasted View. Ch.93
CHAPTER 75. The Right Whale’s Head—Contrasted View. Ch.94
CHAPTER 76. The Battering-Ram. Ch.95
CHAPTER 77. The Great Heidelburgh Tun. Ch.96
CHAPTER 78. Cistern and Buckets. Ch.97
CHAPTER 79. The Prairie. Ch.98
CHAPTER 80. The Nut. Ch.99
CHAPTER 81. The Pequod Meets The Virgin. Ch.100
CHAPTER 82. The Honor and Glory of Whaling. Ch.101
CHAPTER 83. Jonah Historically Regarded. Ch.102
CHAPTER 84. Pitchpoling. Ch.103
CHAPTER 85. The Fountain. Ch.104
CHAPTER 86. The Tail. Ch.105
CHAPTER 87. The Grand Armada. Ch.106
CHAPTER 88. Schools and Schoolmasters. Ch.107
CHAPTER 89. Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish. Ch.108
CHAPTER 90. Heads or Tails. Ch.109
CHAPTER 91. The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud. Ch.110
CHAPTER 92. Ambergris. Ch.111
CHAPTER 93. The Castaway. Ch.112
CHAPTER 94. A Squeeze of the Hand. Ch.113
CHAPTER 95. The Cassock. Ch.114
CHAPTER 96. The Try-Works. Ch.115
CHAPTER 97. The Lamp. Ch.116
CHAPTER 98. Stowing Down and Clearing Up. Ch.117
CHAPTER 99. The Doubloon. Ch.118
CHAPTER 100. Leg and Arm. Ch.119
CHAPTER 101. The Decanter. Ch.120
CHAPTER 102. A Bower in the Arsacides. Ch.121
CHAPTER 103. Measurement of The Whale’s Skeleton. Ch.122
CHAPTER 104. The Fossil Whale. Ch.123
CHAPTER 105. Does the Whale’s Magnitude Diminish?—Will He Perish? Ch.124
CHAPTER 106. Ahab’s Leg. Ch.125
CHAPTER 107. The Carpenter. Ch.126
CHAPTER 108. Ahab and the Carpenter. Ch.127
CHAPTER 109. Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin. Ch.128
CHAPTER 110. Queequeg in His Coffin. Ch.129
CHAPTER 111. The Pacific. Ch.130
CHAPTER 112. The Blacksmith. Ch.131
CHAPTER 113. The Forge. Ch.132
CHAPTER 114. The Gilder. Ch.133
CHAPTER 115. The Pequod Meets The Bachelor. Ch.134
CHAPTER 116. The Dying Whale. Ch.135
CHAPTER 117. The Whale Watch. Ch.136
CHAPTER 118. The Quadrant. Ch.137
CHAPTER 119. The Candles. Ch.138
CHAPTER 120. The Deck Towards the End of the First Night Watch. Ch.139
CHAPTER 121. Midnight.—The Forecastle Bulwarks. Ch.140
CHAPTER 122. Midnight Aloft.—Thunder and Lightning. Ch.141
CHAPTER 123. The Musket. Ch.142
CHAPTER 124. The Needle. Ch.143
CHAPTER 125. The Log and Line. Ch.144
CHAPTER 126. The Life-Buoy. Ch.145
CHAPTER 127. The Deck. Ch.146
CHAPTER 128. The Pequod Meets The Rachel. Ch.147
CHAPTER 129. The Cabin. Ch.148
CHAPTER 130. The Hat. Ch.149
CHAPTER 131. The Pequod Meets The Delight. Ch.150
CHAPTER 132. The Symphony. Ch.151
CHAPTER 133. The Chase—First Day. Ch.152
CHAPTER 134. The Chase—Second Day. Ch.153
CHAPTER 135. The Chase.—Third Day. Ch.154