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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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GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics, Action and Adventure
Length23 hrs
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Table of contents
1By the same author in the Cactus catalogue:
26CHAPTER 25. Postscript.
2 1. Loomings.
27CHAPTER 26. Knights and Squires.
3CHAPTER 2. The Carpet-Bag.
28CHAPTER 27. Knights and Squires.
4CHAPTER 3. The Spouter-Inn.
29CHAPTER 28. Ahab.
5CHAPTER 4. The Counterpane.
30CHAPTER 29. Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb.
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6CHAPTER 5. Breakfast.
31CHAPTER 30. The Pipe.
7CHAPTER 6. The Street.
32CHAPTER 31. Queen Mab.
8CHAPTER 7. The Chapel.
33CHAPTER 32. Cetology.
9CHAPTER 8. The Pulpit.
34CHAPTER 33. The Specksnyder.
10CHAPTER 9. The Sermon.
35CHAPTER 34. The Cabin-Table.
11CHAPTER 10. A Bosom Friend.
36CHAPTER 35. The Mast-Head.
12CHAPTER 11. Nightgown.
37CHAPTER 36. The Quarter-Deck.
13CHAPTER 12. Biographical.
38CHAPTER 37. Sunset.
14CHAPTER 13. Wheelbarrow.
39CHAPTER 38. Dusk.
15CHAPTER 14. Nantucket.
40CHAPTER 39. First Night Watch.
16CHAPTER 15. Chowder.
41CHAPTER 40. Midnight, Forecastle.
17CHAPTER 16. The Ship.
42CHAPTER 41. Moby Dick.
18CHAPTER 17. The Ramadan.
43CHAPTER 42. The Whiteness of The Whale.
19CHAPTER 18. His Mark.
44CHAPTER 43. Hark!
20CHAPTER 19. The Prophet.
45CHAPTER 44. The Chart.
21CHAPTER 20. All Astir.
46CHAPTER 45. The Affidavit.
22CHAPTER 21. Going Aboard.
47CHAPTER 46. Surmises.
23CHAPTER 22. Merry Christmas.
48CHAPTER 47. The Mat-Maker.
24CHAPTER 23. The Lee Shore.
49CHAPTER 48. The First Lowering.
25CHAPTER 24. The Advocate.
50CHAPTER 49. The Hyena.
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