MOBY-DICK;

Or, the Whale

by Herman Melville

(Real)

MOBY-DICK;

Or, the Whale

by Herman Melville

(Fanciful)

in token
of my admiration for his genius,
This Book is Inscribed
to

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

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Etymology
Etymology
Extracts
Extracts
Chapter 1
Loomings
Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
The Carpet-Bag
Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
The Spouter-Inn
Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
The Counterpane
Chapter 4
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Chapter 5
Breakfast
Chapter 5
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Chapter 6
The Street
Chapter 6
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Chapter 7
The Chapel
Chapter 7
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Chapter 8
The Pulpit
Chapter 8
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Chapter 9
The Sermon
Chapter 9
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Chapter 10
A Bosom Friend
Chapter 10
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Chapter 11
Nightgown
Chapter 11
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Chapter 12
Biographical
Chapter 12
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Chapter 13
Wheelbarrow
Chapter 13
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Chapter 14
Nantucket
Chapter 14
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Chapter 15
Chowder
Chapter 15
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Chapter 16
The Ship
Chapter 16
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Chapter 17
The Ramadan
Chapter 17
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Chapter 18
His Mark
Chapter 18
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Chapter 19
The Prophet
Chapter 19
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Chapter 20
All Astir
Chapter 20
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Chapter 21
Going Aboard
Chapter 21
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Chapter 22
Merry Christmas
Chapter 22
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Chapter 23
The Lee Shore
Chapter 23
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Chapter 24
The Advocate
Chapter 24
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Chapter 25
Postscript
Chapter 25
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Chapter 26
Knights and Squires
Chapter 26
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Chapter 27
Knights and Squires
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Ahab
Chapter 28
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Chapter 29
Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb
Chapter 29
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Chapter 30
The Pipe
Chapter 30
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Chapter 31
Queen Mab
Chapter 31
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Chapter 32
Cetology
Chapter 32
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Chapter 33
The Specksynder
Chapter 33
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Chapter 34
The Cabin-Table
Chapter 34
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Chapter 35
The Mast-Head
Chapter 35
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Chapter 36
The Quarter-Deck
Chapter 36
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Chapter 37
Sunset
Chapter 37
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Chapter 38
Dusk
Chapter 38
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Chapter 39
First Night Watch
Chapter 39
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Chapter 40
Midnight, Forecastle
Chapter 40
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Chapter 41
Moby Dick
Chapter 41
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Chapter 42
The Whiteness of The Whale
Chapter 42
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Chapter 43
Hark!
Chapter 43
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Chapter 44
The Chart
Chapter 44
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Chapter 45
The Affidavit
Chapter 45
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Chapter 46
Surmises
Chapter 46
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Chapter 47
The Mat-Maker
Chapter 47
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Chapter 48
The First Lowering
Chapter 48
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Chapter 49
The Hyena
Chapter 49
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Chapter 50
Ahab’s Boat and Crew: Fedallah
Chapter 50
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Chapter 51
The Spirit-Spout
Chapter 51
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Chapter 52
The Albatross
Chapter 52
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Chapter 53
The Gam
Chapter 53
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Chapter 54
The Town-Ho’s Story
Chapter 54
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Chapter 55
Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales
Chapter 55
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Chapter 56
Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True Pictures of Whaling Scenes
Chapter 56
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Chapter 57
Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron; in Stone; in Mountains; in Stars
Chapter 57
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Chapter 58
Brit
Chapter 58
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Chapter 59
Squid
Chapter 59
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Chapter 60
The Line
Chapter 60
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Chapter 61
Stubb Kills a Whale
Chapter 61
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Chapter 62
The Dart
Chapter 62
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Chapter 63
The Crotch
Chapter 63
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Chapter 64
Stubb’s Supper
Chapter 64
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Chapter 65
The Whale as a Dish
Chapter 65
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Chapter 66
The Shark Massacre
Chapter 66
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Chapter 67
Cutting In
Chapter 67
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Chapter 68
The Blanket
Chapter 68
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Chapter 69
The Funeral
Chapter 69
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Chapter 70
The Sphynx
Chapter 70
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Chapter 71
The Jeroboam’s Story
Chapter 71
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Chapter 72
The Monkey-Rope
Chapter 72
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Chapter 73
Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; and Then Have a Talk Over Him
Chapter 73
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Chapter 74
The Sperm Whale’s Head — Contrasted View
Chapter 74
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Chapter 75
The Right Whale’s Head — Contrasted View
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
The Battering-Ram
Chapter 76
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Chapter 77
The Great Heidelburgh Tun
Chapter 77
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Chapter 78
Cistern and Buckets
Chapter 78
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Chapter 79
The Prairie
Chapter 79
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Chapter 80
The Nut
Chapter 80
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Chapter 81
The Pequod Meets The Virgin
Chapter 81
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Chapter 82
The Honour and Glory of Whaling
Chapter 82
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Chapter 83
Jonah Historically Regarded
Chapter 83
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Chapter 84
Pitchpoling
Chapter 84
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Chapter 85
The Fountain
Chapter 85
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Chapter 86
The Tail
Chapter 86
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Chapter 87
The Grand Armada
Chapter 87
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Chapter 88
Schools and Schoolmasters
Chapter 88
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Chapter 89
Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish
Chapter 89
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Chapter 90
Heads or Tails
Chapter 90
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Chapter 91
The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud
Chapter 91
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Chapter 92
Ambergris
Chapter 92
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Chapter 93
The Castaway
Chapter 93
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Chapter 94
A Squeeze of the Hand
Chapter 94
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Chapter 95
The Cassock
Chapter 95
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Chapter 96
The Try-Works
Chapter 96
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Chapter 97
The Lamp
Chapter 97
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Chapter 98
Stowing Down and Clearing Up
Chapter 98
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Chapter 99
The Doubloon
Chapter 99
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Chapter 100
Leg and Arm
Chapter 100
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Chapter 101
The Decanter
Chapter 101
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Chapter 102
A Bower in the Arsacides
Chapter 102
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Chapter 103
Measurement of The Whale’s Skeleton
Chapter 103
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Chapter 104
The Fossil Whale
Chapter 104
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Chapter 105
Does the Whale’s Magnitude Diminish? — Will He Perish?
Chapter 105
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Chapter 106
Ahab’s Leg
Chapter 106
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Chapter 107
The Carpenter
Chapter 107
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Chapter 108
Ahab and the Carpenter
Chapter 108
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Chapter 109
Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin
Chapter 109
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Chapter 110
Queequeg in His Coffin
Chapter 110
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Chapter 111
The Pacific
Chapter 111
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Chapter 112
The Blacksmith
Chapter 112
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Chapter 113
The Forge
Chapter 113
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Chapter 114
The Gilder
Chapter 114
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Chapter 115
The Pequod Meets The Bachelor
Chapter 115
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Chapter 116
The Dying Whale
Chapter 116
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Chapter 117
The Whale Watch
Chapter 117
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Chapter 118
The Quadrant
Chapter 118
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Chapter 119
The Candles
Chapter 119
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Chapter 120
The Deck Towards the End of the First Night Watch
Chapter 120
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Chapter 121
Midnight: — The Forecastle Bulwarks
Chapter 121
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Chapter 122
Midnight Aloft: — Thunder and Lightning
Chapter 122
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Chapter 123
The Musket
Chapter 123
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Chapter 124
The Needle
Chapter 124
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Chapter 125
The Log and Line
Chapter 125
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Chapter 126
The Life-Buoy
Chapter 126
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Chapter 127
The Deck
Chapter 127
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Chapter 128
The Pequod Meets The Rachel
Chapter 128
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Chapter 129
The Cabin
Chapter 129
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Chapter 130
The Hat
Chapter 130
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Chapter 131
The Pequod Meets The Delight
Chapter 131
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Chapter 132
The Symphony
Chapter 132
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Chapter 133
The Chase — First Day
Chapter 133
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Chapter 134
The Chase — Second Day
Chapter 134
Chapter 135
The Chase — Third Day
Chapter 135
Epilogue
Epilogue

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