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Moby-Dick
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, a public-domain English classic presented in a clean, phone-friendly edition. Browse this historical classic free on Soma.
The story
chapters
01CHAPTER 1. Loomings.MOBY-DICK;→02CHAPTER 2. The Carpet-Bag.## CHAPTER 2.→03CHAPTER 3. The Spouter-Inn.## CHAPTER 3.→04CHAPTER 4. The Counterpane.## CHAPTER 4.→05CHAPTER 5. Breakfast.## CHAPTER 5.→06CHAPTER 6. The Street.## CHAPTER 6.→07CHAPTER 7. The Chapel.## CHAPTER 7.→08CHAPTER 8. The Pulpit.## CHAPTER 8.→09CHAPTER 9. The Sermon.## CHAPTER 9.→10CHAPTER 10. A Bosom Friend.## CHAPTER 10.→11CHAPTER 11. Nightgown.## CHAPTER 11.→12CHAPTER 12. Biographical.## CHAPTER 12.→13CHAPTER 13. Wheelbarrow.## CHAPTER 13.→14CHAPTER 14. Nantucket.## CHAPTER 14.→15CHAPTER 15. Chowder.## CHAPTER 15.→16CHAPTER 16. The Ship.## CHAPTER 16.→17CHAPTER 17. The Ramadan.## CHAPTER 17.→18CHAPTER 18. His Mark.## CHAPTER 18.→19CHAPTER 19. The Prophet.## CHAPTER 19.→20CHAPTER 20. All Astir.## CHAPTER 20.→21CHAPTER 21. Going Aboard.## CHAPTER 21.→22CHAPTER 22. Merry Christmas.## CHAPTER 22.→23CHAPTER 23. The Lee Shore.## CHAPTER 23.→24CHAPTER 24. The Advocate.## CHAPTER 24.→25CHAPTER 25. Postscript.## CHAPTER 25.→26CHAPTER 26. Knights and Squires.## CHAPTER 26.→27CHAPTER 27. Knights and Squires.## CHAPTER 27.→28CHAPTER 28. Ahab.## CHAPTER 28.→29CHAPTER 29. Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb.## CHAPTER 29.→30CHAPTER 30. The Pipe.## CHAPTER 30.→31CHAPTER 31. Queen Mab.## CHAPTER 31.→32CHAPTER 32. Cetology.## CHAPTER 32.→33CHAPTER 33. The Specksnyder.## CHAPTER 33.→34CHAPTER 34. The Cabin-Table.## CHAPTER 34.→35CHAPTER 35. The Mast-Head.## CHAPTER 35.→36CHAPTER 36. The Quarter-Deck.## CHAPTER 36.→37CHAPTER 37. Sunset.## CHAPTER 37.→38CHAPTER 38. Dusk.## CHAPTER 38.→39CHAPTER 39. First Night-Watch.## CHAPTER 39.→40CHAPTER 40. Midnight, Forecastle.## CHAPTER 40.→41CHAPTER 41. Moby Dick.## CHAPTER 41.→42CHAPTER 42. The Whiteness of the Whale.## CHAPTER 42.→43CHAPTER 43. Hark!## CHAPTER 43.→44CHAPTER 44. The Chart.## CHAPTER 44.→45CHAPTER 45. The Affidavit.## CHAPTER 45.→46CHAPTER 46. Surmises.## CHAPTER 46.→47CHAPTER 47. The Mat-Maker.## CHAPTER 47.→48CHAPTER 48. The First Lowering.## CHAPTER 48.→49CHAPTER 49. The Hyena.## CHAPTER 49.→50CHAPTER 50. Ahab’s Boat and Crew. Fedallah.## CHAPTER 50.→51CHAPTER 51. The Spirit-Spout.## CHAPTER 51.→52CHAPTER 52. The Albatross.## CHAPTER 52.→53CHAPTER 53. The Gam.## CHAPTER 53.→54CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho’s Story.## CHAPTER 54.→55CHAPTER 55. Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales.## CHAPTER 55.→56CHAPTER 56. Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True Pictures of Whaling Scenes.## CHAPTER 56.→57CHAPTER 57. Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron; in Stone; in Mountains; in Stars.## CHAPTER 57.→58CHAPTER 58. Brit.## CHAPTER 58.→59CHAPTER 59. Squid.## CHAPTER 59.→60CHAPTER 60. The Line.## CHAPTER 60.→61CHAPTER 61. Stubb Kills a Whale.## CHAPTER 61.→62CHAPTER 62. The Dart.## CHAPTER 62.→63CHAPTER 63. The Crotch.## CHAPTER 63.→64CHAPTER 64. Stubb’s Supper.## CHAPTER 64.→65CHAPTER 65. The Whale as a Dish.## CHAPTER 65.→66CHAPTER 66. The Shark Massacre.## CHAPTER 66.→67CHAPTER 67. Cutting In.## CHAPTER 67.→68CHAPTER 68. The Blanket.## CHAPTER 68.→69CHAPTER 69. The Funeral.## CHAPTER 69.→70CHAPTER 70. The Sphynx.## CHAPTER 70.→71CHAPTER 71. The Jeroboam’s Story.## CHAPTER 71.→72CHAPTER 72. The Monkey-Rope.## CHAPTER 72.→73CHAPTER 73. Stubb and Flask kill a Right Whale; and Then Have a Talk over Him.## CHAPTER 73.→74CHAPTER 74. The Sperm Whale’s Head—Contrasted View.## CHAPTER 74.→75CHAPTER 75. The Right Whale’s Head—Contrasted View.## CHAPTER 75.→76CHAPTER 76. The Battering-Ram.## CHAPTER 76.→77CHAPTER 77. The Great Heidelburgh Tun.## CHAPTER 77.→78CHAPTER 78. Cistern and Buckets.## CHAPTER 78.→79CHAPTER 79. The Prairie.## CHAPTER 79.→80CHAPTER 80. The Nut.## CHAPTER 80.→81CHAPTER 81. The Pequod Meets The Virgin.## CHAPTER 81.→82CHAPTER 82. The Honor and Glory of Whaling.## CHAPTER 82.→83CHAPTER 83. Jonah Historically Regarded.## CHAPTER 83.→84CHAPTER 84. Pitchpoling.## CHAPTER 84.→85CHAPTER 85. The Fountain.## CHAPTER 85.→86CHAPTER 86. The Tail.## CHAPTER 86.→87CHAPTER 87. The Grand Armada.## CHAPTER 87.→88CHAPTER 88. Schools and Schoolmasters.## CHAPTER 88.→89CHAPTER 89. Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish.## CHAPTER 89.→90CHAPTER 90. Heads or Tails.## CHAPTER 90.→91CHAPTER 91. The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud.## CHAPTER 91.→92CHAPTER 92. Ambergris.## CHAPTER 92.→93CHAPTER 93. The Castaway.## CHAPTER 93.→94CHAPTER 94. A Squeeze of the Hand.## CHAPTER 94.→95CHAPTER 95. The Cassock.## CHAPTER 95.→96CHAPTER 96. The Try-Works.## CHAPTER 96.→97CHAPTER 97. The Lamp.## CHAPTER 97.→98CHAPTER 98. Stowing Down and Clearing Up.## CHAPTER 98.→99CHAPTER 99. The Doubloon.## CHAPTER 99.→100CHAPTER 100. Leg and Arm.## CHAPTER 100.→101CHAPTER 101. The Decanter.## CHAPTER 101.→102CHAPTER 102. A Bower in the Arsacides.## CHAPTER 102.→103CHAPTER 103. Measurement of The Whale’s Skeleton.## CHAPTER 103.→104CHAPTER 104. The Fossil Whale.## CHAPTER 104.→105CHAPTER 105. Does the Whale’s Magnitude Diminish?—Will He Perish?## CHAPTER 105.→106CHAPTER 106. Ahab’s Leg.## CHAPTER 106.→107CHAPTER 107. The Carpenter.## CHAPTER 107.→108CHAPTER 108. Ahab and the Carpenter.## CHAPTER 108.→109CHAPTER 109. Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin.## CHAPTER 109.→110CHAPTER 110. Queequeg in His Coffin.## CHAPTER 110.→111CHAPTER 111. The Pacific.## CHAPTER 111.→112CHAPTER 112. The Blacksmith.## CHAPTER 112.→113CHAPTER 113. The Forge.## CHAPTER 113.→114CHAPTER 114. The Gilder.## CHAPTER 114.→115CHAPTER 115. The Pequod Meets The Bachelor.## CHAPTER 115.→116CHAPTER 116. The Dying Whale.## CHAPTER 116.→117CHAPTER 117. The Whale Watch.## CHAPTER 117.→118CHAPTER 118. The Quadrant.## CHAPTER 118.→119CHAPTER 119. The Candles.## CHAPTER 119.→120CHAPTER 120. The Deck Towards the End of the First Night Watch.## CHAPTER 120.→121CHAPTER 121. Midnight.—The Forecastle Bulwarks.## CHAPTER 121.→122CHAPTER 122. Midnight Aloft.—Thunder and Lightning.## CHAPTER 122.→123CHAPTER 123. The Musket.## CHAPTER 123.→124CHAPTER 124. The Needle.## CHAPTER 124.→125CHAPTER 125. The Log and Line.## CHAPTER 125.→126CHAPTER 126. The Life-Buoy.## CHAPTER 126.→127CHAPTER 127. The Deck.## CHAPTER 127.→128CHAPTER 128. The Pequod Meets The Rachel.## CHAPTER 128.→129CHAPTER 129. The Cabin.## CHAPTER 129.→130CHAPTER 130. The Hat.## CHAPTER 130.→131CHAPTER 131. The Pequod Meets The Delight.## CHAPTER 131.→132CHAPTER 132. The Symphony.## CHAPTER 132.→133CHAPTER 133. The Chase—First Day.## CHAPTER 133.→134CHAPTER 134. The Chase—Second Day.## CHAPTER 134.→135CHAPTER 135. The Chase.—Third Day.## CHAPTER 135.→136Epilogue## Epilogue→