Moby Dick
Published 1851

    Moby Dick, romantic novel by Herman Melville telling the adventures of Captain Ahab, who, after losing a leg in first battle with Moby Dick, the white whale, swears revenge; the three days' fight with Moby Dick ends in death of Ahab and sinking of the ship.


The Characters
Ahab
The one-legged Captain of the Pequod who has sworn death for Mobby Dick, the gigantic white whale who crippled him.
Ishmael
The narrator of the story who ships out on the Pequod as a simple seaman.
Starbuck
The first mate aboard the Pequod who adheres to the strict Christian view of life.
Stubb
The second mate who is concerned mainly with having a good time.
Flask
The third mate who is characterized by his mediocrity.
Queequeg
One of the harpooners who forms a friendship with Ishmael.
Tashtego
Another of the harpooners, descended from Indians.
Daggoo
The third harpooner, descended from African tribes.
Fedallah
The Parsee who becomes Ahab's personal harpooner.
Peleg and Bildad
Co-owners of the ship the Pequod.



The Book

CHAPTERS: 

       1:  LOOMINGS 
       2:  THE CARPET-BAG 
       3:  THE SPOUTER-INN 
       4:  THE COUNTERPANE 
       5:  BREAKFAST 
       6:  THE STREET 
       7:  THE CHAPEL 
       8:  THE PULPIT 
       9:  THE SERMON 
      10:  A BOSOM FRIEND 
      11:  NIGHTGOWN 
      12:  BIOGRAPHICAL 
      13:  WHEELBARROW 
      14:  NANTUCKET 
      15:  CHOWDER 
      16:  THE SHIP 
      17:  THE RAMADAN 
      18:  HIS MARK 
      19:  THE PROPHET 
      20:  ALL ASTIR 
      21:  GOING ABOARD 
      22:  MERRY CHRISTMAS 
      23:  THE LEE SHORE 
      24:  THE ADVOCATE 
      25:  POSTSCRIPT 
      26:  KNIGHTS AND SQUIRES 
      27:  KNIGHTS AND SQUIRES 
      28:  AHAB 
      29:  ENTER AHAB; TO HIM, STUBB 
      30:  THE PIPE 
      31:  QUEEN MAB 
      32:  CETOLOGY 
      33:  THE SPECKSYNDER 
      34:  THE CABIN-TABLE 
      35:  THE MAST-HEAD 
      36:  THE QUARTER-DECK 
      37:  SUNSET 
      38:  DUSK 
      39:  FIRST NIGHT-WATCH FORE-TOP 
      40:  MIDNIGHT, FORECASTLE HARPOONERS AND SAILORS 
      41:  MOBY DICK 
      42:  THE WHITENESS OF THE WHALE 
      43:  HARK 
      44:  THE CHART 
      45:  THE AFFIDAVIT 
      46:  SURMISES 
      47:  THE MAT-MAKER 
      48:  THE FIRST LOWERING 
      49:  THE HYENA 
      50:  AHAB'S BOAT AND CREW - FEDALLAH 
      51:  THE SPIRIT-SPOUT 
      52:  THE ALBATROSS 
      53:  THE GAM 
      54:  THE TOWN-HO'S STORY 
      55   OF THE MONSTROUS PICTURES OF WHALES 
      56:  OF THE LESS ERRONEOUS PICTURES OF WHALES 
      57:  OF WHALES IN PAINT; IN TEETH; IN WOOD; &c. 
      58:  BRIT 
      59:  SQUID 
      60:  THE LINE 
      61:  STUBB KILLS A WHALE 
      62:  THE DART 
      63:  THE CROTCH 
      64:  STUBB'S SUPPER 
      65:  THE WHALE AS A DISH 
      66:  THE SHARK MASSACRE 
      67:  CUTTING IN 
      68:  THE BLANKET 
      69:  THE FUNERAL 
      70:  THE SPHYNX 
      71:  THE JEROBOAM'S STORY 
      73:  STUBB AND FLASK KILL A RIGHT WHALE, &c 
      74:  THE SPERM WHALE'S HEAD--CONTRASTED VIEW 
      75:  THE RIGHT WHALE'S HEAD--CONTRASTED VIEW 
      76:  THE BATTERING-RAM 
      77:  THE GREAT HEIDELBURGH TUN 
      78:  CISTERN AND BUCKETS. 
      79:  THE PRAIRIE 
      80:  THE NUT 
      81:  THE PEQUOD 
      82:  THE HONOR AND GLORY OF WHALING 
      83:  JONAH HISTORICALLY REGARDED 
      84:  PITCHPOLING 
      85:  THE FOUNTAIN 
      86:  THE TAIL 
      87:  THE GRAND ARMADA 
      88:  SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLMASTERS 
      89:  FAST-FISH AND LOOSE FISH 
      90:  HEADS OR TAILS 
      91:  THE PEQUOD MEETS THE ROSE BUD 
      92:  AMBERGRIS 
      93:  THE CASTAWAY 
      94:  A SQUEEZE OF THE HAND 
      95:  THE CASSOCK 
      96:  THE TRY-WORKS 
      97:  THE LAMP 
      98:  STOWING DOWN AND CLEARING UP 
      99:  THE DOUBLOON 
     100:  THE PEQUOD MEETS THE SAMUEL ENDERBY 
     101:  THE DECANTER 
     102:  A BOWER IN THE ARSACIDES 
     103:  MEASUREMENT OF THE WHALE'S SKELETON 
     104:  THE FOSSIL WHALE 
     105:  DOES THE WHALE'S MAGNITUDE DIMINISH? WILL HE PERISH? 
     106:  AHAB'S LEG 
     107:  THE CARPENTER 
     108:  AHAB AND THE CARPENTER THE DECK - FIRST NIGHT WATCH 
     109:  AHAB AND STARBUCK IN THE CABIN 
     110:  QUEEQUEG IN HIS COFFIN 
     111:  THE PACIFIC 
     112:  THE BLACKSMITH 
     113:  THE FORGE 
     114:  THE GILDER 
     115:  THE PEQUOD MEETS THE BACHELOR 
     116:  THE DYING WHALE 
     117:  THE WHALE WATCH 
     118:  THE QUADRANT 
     119:  THE CANDLES 
     120:  THE DECK TOWARDS THE END OF THE FIRST NIGHT WATCH 
     121:  MIDNIGHT - THE FORECASTLE BULWARKS 
     122:  MIDNIGHT ALOFT--THUNDER AND LIGHTNING 
     123:  THE MUSKET 
     124:  THE NEEDLE 
     125:  THE LOG AND LINE 
     126:  THE LIFE-BUOY 
     127:  THE DECK 
     128:  THE PEQUOD MEETS THE RACHEL 
     129:  THE CABIN 
     130:  THE HAT 
     131:  THE PEQUOD MEETS THE DELIGHT 
     132:  THE SYMPHONY 
     133:  THE CHASE - FIRST DAY 
     134:  THE CHASE - SECOND DAY 
     135:  THE CHASE - THIRD DAY 
           EPILOGUE 


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