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Ishmael, a restless sailor with a taste for the sea, signs aboard the whaling ship Pequod under the command of Captain Ahab—a man possessed. Haunted by a monstrous white whale that took his leg, Ahab is not on a voyage for profit or discovery, but for vengeance. He storms the oceans of the world with a single, fanatical purpose: to hunt and destroy Moby Dick.
What follows is an epic voyage into the very heart of obsession. As the Pequod plunges deeper into uncharted waters, its crew—the noble Queequeg, the logical Starbuck, the mad prophet Gabriel—is swept into Ahab’s all-consuming quest. The white whale becomes more than a beast; it is a cosmic mirror, reflecting humanity’s struggle against the indifferent forces of nature, God, and fate.
Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick is the Great American Novel in its most monumental and metaphysical form. A masterpiece that blends Shakespearean drama, encyclopedic detail, and profound philosophical inquiry, it is a monumental tale of one man’s war against the deep. This is the definitive story of the hunt that becomes a meditation on madness, and the abyss of our own soul.
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Table of contents
1By the same author in the Cactus catalogue:
70CHAPTER 69. The Funeral.
2 1. Loomings.
71CHAPTER 70. The Sphynx.
3CHAPTER 2. The Carpet-Bag.
72CHAPTER 71. The Jeroboam's Story.
4CHAPTER 3. The Spouter-Inn.
73CHAPTER 72. The Monkey-Rope.
5CHAPTER 4. The Counterpane.
74CHAPTER 73. Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; and Then Have a Talk
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6CHAPTER 5. Breakfast.
75CHAPTER 74. The Sperm Whale's Head—Contrasted View.
7CHAPTER 6. The Street.
76CHAPTER 75. The Right Whale's Head—Contrasted View.
8CHAPTER 7. The Chapel.
77CHAPTER 76. The Battering-Ram.
9CHAPTER 8. The Pulpit.
78CHAPTER 77. The Great Heidelburgh Tun.
10CHAPTER 9. The Sermon.
79CHAPTER 78. Cistern and Buckets.
11CHAPTER 10. A Bosom Friend.
80CHAPTER 79. The Prairie.
12CHAPTER 11. Nightgown.
81CHAPTER 80. The Nut.
13CHAPTER 12. Biographical.
82CHAPTER 81. The Pequod Meets The Virgin.
14CHAPTER 13. Wheelbarrow.
83CHAPTER 82. The Honour and Glory of Whaling.
15CHAPTER 14. Nantucket.
84CHAPTER 83. Jonah Historically Regarded.
16CHAPTER 15. Chowder.
85CHAPTER 84. Pitchpoling.
17CHAPTER 16. The Ship.
86CHAPTER 85. The Fountain.
18CHAPTER 17. The Ramadan.
87CHAPTER 86. The Tail.
19CHAPTER 18. His Mark.
88CHAPTER 87. The Grand Armada.
20CHAPTER 19. The Prophet.
89CHAPTER 88. Schools and Schoolmasters.
21CHAPTER 20. All Astir.
90CHAPTER 89. Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish.
22CHAPTER 21. Going Aboard.
91CHAPTER 90. Heads or Tails.
23CHAPTER 22. Merry Christmas.
92CHAPTER 91. The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud.
24CHAPTER 23. The Lee Shore.
93CHAPTER 92. Ambergris.
25CHAPTER 24. The Advocate.
94CHAPTER 93. The Castaway.
26CHAPTER 25. Postscript.
95CHAPTER 94. A Squeeze of the Hand.
27CHAPTER 26. Knights and Squires.
96CHAPTER 95. The Cassock.
28CHAPTER 27. Knights and Squires.
97CHAPTER 96. The Try-Works.
29CHAPTER 28. Ahab.
98CHAPTER 97. The Lamp.
30CHAPTER 29. Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb.
99CHAPTER 98. Stowing Down and Clearing Up.
31CHAPTER 30. The Pipe.
100CHAPTER 99. The Doubloon.
32CHAPTER 31. Queen Mab.
101CHAPTER 100. Leg and Arm.
33CHAPTER 32. Cetology.
102CHAPTER 101. The Decanter.
34CHAPTER 33. The Specksnyder.
103CHAPTER 102. A Bower in the Arsacides.
35CHAPTER 34. The Cabin-Table.
104CHAPTER 103. Measurement of The Whale's Skeleton.
36CHAPTER 35. The Mast-Head.
105CHAPTER 104. The Fossil Whale.
37CHAPTER 36. The Quarter-Deck.
106CHAPTER 105. Does the Whale's Magnitude Diminish?—Will He Perish?
38CHAPTER 37. Sunset.
107CHAPTER 106. Ahab's Leg.
39CHAPTER 38. Dusk.
108CHAPTER 107. The Carpenter.
40CHAPTER 39. First Night Watch.
109CHAPTER 108. Ahab and the Carpenter.
41CHAPTER 40. Midnight, Forecastle.
110CHAPTER 109. Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin.
42CHAPTER 41. Moby Dick.
111CHAPTER 110. Queequeg in His Coffin.
43CHAPTER 42. The Whiteness of The Whale.
112CHAPTER 111. The Pacific.
44CHAPTER 43. Hark!
113CHAPTER 112. The Blacksmith.
45CHAPTER 44. The Chart.
114CHAPTER 113. The Forge.
46CHAPTER 45. The Affidavit.
115CHAPTER 114. The Gilder.
47CHAPTER 46. Surmises.
116CHAPTER 115. The Pequod Meets The Bachelor.
48CHAPTER 47. The Mat-Maker.
117CHAPTER 116. The Dying Whale.
49CHAPTER 48. The First Lowering.
118CHAPTER 117. The Whale Watch.
50CHAPTER 49. The Hyena.
119CHAPTER 118. The Quadrant.
51CHAPTER 50. Ahab's Boat and Crew. Fedallah.
120CHAPTER 119. The Candles.
52CHAPTER 51. The Spirit-Spout.
121CHAPTER 120. The Deck Towards the End of the First Night Watch.
53CHAPTER 52. The Albatross.
122CHAPTER 121. Midnight.—The Forecastle Bulwarks.
54CHAPTER 53. The Gam.
123CHAPTER 122. Midnight Aloft.—Thunder and Lightning.
55CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story.
124CHAPTER 123. The Musket.
56CHAPTER 55. Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales.
125CHAPTER 124. The Needle.
57CHAPTER 56. Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True Pictures of Whaling Scenes.
126CHAPTER 125. The Log and Line.
58CHAPTER 57. Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron; in Stone; in Mountains; in Stars.
127CHAPTER 126. The Life-Buoy.
59CHAPTER 58. Brit.
128CHAPTER 127. The Deck.
60CHAPTER 59. Squid.
129CHAPTER 128. The Pequod Meets The Rachel.
61CHAPTER 60. The Line.
130CHAPTER 129. The Cabin.
62CHAPTER 61. Stubb Kills a Whale.
131CHAPTER 130. The Hat.
63CHAPTER 62. The Dart.
132CHAPTER 131. The Pequod Meets The Delight.
64CHAPTER 63. The Crotch.
133CHAPTER 132. The Symphony.
65CHAPTER 64. Stubb's Supper.
134CHAPTER 133. The Chase—First Day.
66CHAPTER 65. The Whale as a Dish.
135CHAPTER 134. The Chase—Second Day.
67CHAPTER 66. The Shark Massacre.
136CHAPTER 135. The Chase.—Third Day.
68CHAPTER 67. Cutting In.
137Epilogue
69CHAPTER 68. The Blanket.
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