Moby Dick; Or, The Whale
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Moby Dick; Or, The Whale

By Herman Melville
Michael Caine
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Captain Ahab’s obsessive hunt for the great white whale drags the crew of the Pequod into a vortex of madness and metaphysical dread. As they traverse the world's oceans, the ship becomes a microcosm of humanity struggling against the sublime power of nature. This monumental epic redefined literature with its raw energy and profound philosophical depth.

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GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length23 hrs 1 min
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 24, 2026
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1CHAPTER 1. Loomings.
70CHAPTER 70. The Sphynx.
2CHAPTER 2. The Carpet-Bag.
71CHAPTER 71. The Jeroboam’s Story.
3CHAPTER 3. The Spouter-Inn.
72CHAPTER 72. The Monkey-Rope.
4CHAPTER 4. The Counterpane.
73CHAPTER 73. Stubb and Flask kill a Right Whale; and Then Have a Talk over Him.
5CHAPTER 5. Breakfast.
74CHAPTER 74. The Sperm Whale’s Head—Contrasted View.
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6CHAPTER 6. The Street.
75CHAPTER 75. The Right Whale’s Head—Contrasted View.
7CHAPTER 7. The Chapel.
76CHAPTER 76. The Battering-Ram.
8CHAPTER 8. The Pulpit.
77CHAPTER 77. The Great Heidelburgh Tun.
9CHAPTER 9. The Sermon.
78CHAPTER 78. Cistern and Buckets.
10CHAPTER 10. A Bosom Friend.
79CHAPTER 79. The Prairie.
11CHAPTER 11. Nightgown.
80CHAPTER 80. The Nut.
12CHAPTER 12. Biographical.
81CHAPTER 81. The Pequod Meets The Virgin.
13CHAPTER 13. Wheelbarrow.
82CHAPTER 82. The Honor and Glory of Whaling.
14CHAPTER 14. Nantucket.
83CHAPTER 83. Jonah Historically Regarded.
15CHAPTER 15. Chowder.
84CHAPTER 84. Pitchpoling.
16CHAPTER 16. The Ship.
85CHAPTER 85. The Fountain.
17CHAPTER 17. The Ramadan.
86CHAPTER 86. The Tail.
18CHAPTER 18. His Mark.
87CHAPTER 87. The Grand Armada.
19CHAPTER 19. The Prophet.
88CHAPTER 88. Schools and Schoolmasters.
20CHAPTER 20. All Astir.
89CHAPTER 89. Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish.
21CHAPTER 21. Going Aboard.
90CHAPTER 90. Heads or Tails.
22CHAPTER 22. Merry Christmas.
91CHAPTER 91. The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud.
23CHAPTER 23. The Lee Shore.
92CHAPTER 92. Ambergris.
24CHAPTER 24. The Advocate.
93CHAPTER 93. The Castaway.
25CHAPTER 25. Postscript.
94CHAPTER 94. A Squeeze of the Hand.
26CHAPTER 26. Knights and Squires.
95CHAPTER 95. The Cassock.
27CHAPTER 27. Knights and Squires.
96CHAPTER 96. The Try-Works.
28CHAPTER 28. Ahab.
97CHAPTER 97. The Lamp.
29CHAPTER 29. Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb.
98CHAPTER 98. Stowing Down and Clearing Up.
30CHAPTER 30. The Pipe.
99CHAPTER 99. The Doubloon.
31CHAPTER 31. Queen Mab.
100CHAPTER 100. Leg and Arm.: The Pequod, of Nantucket, Meets the Samuel Enderby, of London.
32CHAPTER 32. Cetology.
101CHAPTER 101. The Decanter.
33CHAPTER 33. The Specksnyder.
102CHAPTER 102. A Bower in the Arsacides.
34CHAPTER 34. The Cabin-Table.
103CHAPTER 103. Measurement of The Whale’s Skeleton.
35CHAPTER 35. The Mast-Head.
104CHAPTER 104. The Fossil Whale.
36CHAPTER 36. The Quarter-Deck.
105CHAPTER 105. Does the Whale’s Magnitude Diminish?—Will He Perish?
37CHAPTER 37. Sunset.
106CHAPTER 106. Ahab’s Leg.
38CHAPTER 38. Dusk.
107CHAPTER 107. The Carpenter.
39CHAPTER 39. First Night-Watch.
108CHAPTER 108. Ahab and the Carpenter.: The Deck—First Night Watch.
40CHAPTER 40. Midnight, Forecastle.
109CHAPTER 109. Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin.
41CHAPTER 41. Moby Dick.
110CHAPTER 110. Queequeg in His Coffin.
42CHAPTER 42. The Whiteness of the Whale.
111CHAPTER 111. The Pacific.
43CHAPTER 43. Hark!
112CHAPTER 112. The Blacksmith.
44CHAPTER 44. The Chart.
113CHAPTER 113. The Forge.
45CHAPTER 45. The Affidavit.
114CHAPTER 114. The Gilder.
46CHAPTER 46. Surmises.
115CHAPTER 115. The Pequod Meets The Bachelor.
47CHAPTER 47. The Mat-Maker.
116CHAPTER 116. The Dying Whale.
48CHAPTER 48. The First Lowering.
117CHAPTER 117. The Whale Watch.
49CHAPTER 49. The Hyena.
118CHAPTER 118. The Quadrant.
50CHAPTER 50. Ahab’s Boat and Crew. Fedallah.
119CHAPTER 119. The Candles.
51CHAPTER 51. The Spirit-Spout.
120CHAPTER 120. The Deck Towards the End of the First Night Watch.
52CHAPTER 52. The Albatross.
121CHAPTER 121. Midnight.—The Forecastle Bulwarks.
53CHAPTER 53. The Gam.
122CHAPTER 122. Midnight Aloft.—Thunder and Lightning.
54CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho’s Story.
123CHAPTER 123. The Musket.
55CHAPTER 55. Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales.
124CHAPTER 124. The Needle.
56CHAPTER 56. Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True Pictures of Whaling Scenes.
125CHAPTER 125. The Log and Line.
57CHAPTER 57. Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron; in Stone; in Mountains; in Stars.
126CHAPTER 126. The Life-Buoy.
58CHAPTER 58. Brit.
127CHAPTER 127. The Deck.
59CHAPTER 59. Squid.
128CHAPTER 128. The Pequod Meets The Rachel.
60CHAPTER 60. The Line.
129CHAPTER 129. The Cabin.
61CHAPTER 61. Stubb Kills a Whale.
130CHAPTER 130. The Hat.
62CHAPTER 62. The Dart.
131CHAPTER 131. The Pequod Meets The Delight.
63CHAPTER 63. The Crotch.
132CHAPTER 132. The Symphony.
64CHAPTER 64. Stubb’s Supper.
133CHAPTER 133. The Chase—First Day.
65CHAPTER 65. The Whale as a Dish.
134CHAPTER 134. The Chase—Second Day.
66CHAPTER 66. The Shark Massacre.
135CHAPTER 135. The Chase.—Third Day.
67CHAPTER 67. Cutting In.
136Epilogue: “AND I ONLY AM ESCAPED ALONE TO TELL THEE” Job.
68CHAPTER 68. The Blanket.
137IMPRINT | DISCLAIMER
69CHAPTER 69. The Funeral.
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