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Moby Dick, or The Whale

By Herman Melville

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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. Narrated by Ishmael, it follows Captain Ahab's obsessive pursuit of Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that had taken part of Ahab's leg on a previous voyage of the whaling ship Pequod. Now regarded as one of the central works of the American Renaissance and a Great American Novel, the book received mixed reviews and was a commercial failure during Melville's lifetime. Its opening line, "Call me Ishmael", is among the most famous in world literature.

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  19. 25PostscriptUS$0.08 ↗
  20. 26Knights and SquiresUS$0.08 ↗
  21. 27Knights and SquiresUS$0.08 ↗
  22. 28AhabUS$0.08 ↗
  23. 29Enter Ahab; To Him, StubbUS$0.08 ↗
  24. 30The PipeUS$0.08 ↗
  25. 31Queen MabUS$0.08 ↗
  26. 32CetologyUS$0.08 ↗
  27. 33The SpecksnyderUS$0.08 ↗
  28. 34The Cabin-TableUS$0.08 ↗
  29. 35The MastheadUS$0.08 ↗
  30. 36The QuarterdeckUS$0.08 ↗
  31. 37SunsetUS$0.08 ↗
  32. 38DuskUS$0.08 ↗
  33. 39First Night-WatchUS$0.08 ↗
  34. 40Midnight, ForecastleUS$0.08 ↗
  35. 41Moby DickUS$0.08 ↗
  36. 42The Whiteness of the WhaleUS$0.08 ↗
  37. 43Hark!US$0.08 ↗
  38. 44The ChartUS$0.08 ↗
  39. 45The AffidavitUS$0.08 ↗
  40. 46SurmisesUS$0.08 ↗
  41. 47The Mat-MakerUS$0.08 ↗
  42. 48The First LoweringUS$0.08 ↗
  43. 49The HyenaUS$0.08 ↗
  44. 50Ahab’s Boat and Crew. FedallahUS$0.08 ↗
  45. 51The Spirit-SpoutUS$0.08 ↗
  46. 52The AlbatrossUS$0.08 ↗
  47. 53The GamUS$0.08 ↗
  48. 54The Town-Ho’s StoryUS$0.08 ↗
  49. 55Of the Monstrous Pictures of WhalesUS$0.08 ↗
  50. 56Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True Pictures of Whaling ScenesUS$0.08 ↗
  51. 57Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron; in Stone; in Mountains; in StarsUS$0.08 ↗
  52. 58BritUS$0.08 ↗
  53. 59SquidUS$0.08 ↗
  54. 60The LineUS$0.08 ↗
  55. 61Stubb Kills a WhaleUS$0.08 ↗
  56. 62The DartUS$0.08 ↗
  57. 63The CrotchUS$0.08 ↗
  58. 64Stubb’s SupperUS$0.08 ↗
  59. 65The Whale as a DishUS$0.08 ↗
  60. 66The Shark MassacreUS$0.08 ↗
  61. 67Cutting InUS$0.08 ↗
  62. 68The BlanketUS$0.08 ↗
  63. 69The FuneralUS$0.08 ↗
  64. 70The SphynxUS$0.08 ↗
  65. 71The Jeroboam’s StoryUS$0.08 ↗
  66. 72The Monkey-RopeUS$0.08 ↗
  67. 73Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; and Then Have a Talk Over HimUS$0.08 ↗
  68. 74The Sperm Whale’s Head⁠—Contrasted ViewUS$0.08 ↗
  69. 75The Right Whale’s Head⁠—Contrasted ViewUS$0.08 ↗
  70. 76The Battering-RamUS$0.08 ↗
  71. 77The Great Heidelburgh TunUS$0.08 ↗
  72. 78Cistern and BucketsUS$0.08 ↗
  73. 79The PrairieUS$0.08 ↗
  74. 80The NutUS$0.08 ↗
  75. 81The Pequod Meets the VirginUS$0.08 ↗
  76. 82The Honor and Glory of WhalingUS$0.08 ↗
  77. 83Jonah Historically RegardedUS$0.08 ↗
  78. 84PitchpolingUS$0.08 ↗
  79. 85The FountainUS$0.08 ↗
  80. 86The TailUS$0.08 ↗
  81. 87The Grand ArmadaUS$0.08 ↗
  82. 88Schools and SchoolmastersUS$0.08 ↗
  83. 89Fast-Fish and Loose-FishUS$0.08 ↗
  84. 90Heads or TailsUS$0.08 ↗
  85. 91The Pequod Meets the Rose-BudUS$0.08 ↗
  86. 92AmbergrisUS$0.08 ↗
  87. 93The CastawayUS$0.08 ↗
  88. 94A Squeeze of the HandUS$0.08 ↗
  89. 95The CassockUS$0.08 ↗
  90. 96The Try-WorksUS$0.07 ↗
  91. 97The LampUS$0.07 ↗
  92. 98Stowing Down and Clearing UpUS$0.07 ↗
  93. 99The DoubloonUS$0.07 ↗
  94. 100Leg and ArmUS$0.07 ↗
  95. 101The DecanterUS$0.07 ↗
  96. 102A Bower in the ArsacidesUS$0.07 ↗
  97. 103Measurement of the Whale’s SkeletonUS$0.07 ↗
  98. 104The Fossil WhaleUS$0.07 ↗
  99. 105Does the Whale’s Magnitude Diminish?⁠—Will He Perish?US$0.07 ↗
  100. 106Ahab’s LegUS$0.07 ↗
  101. 107The CarpenterUS$0.07 ↗
  102. 108Ahab and the CarpenterUS$0.07 ↗
  103. 109Ahab and Starbuck in the CabinUS$0.07 ↗
  104. 110Queequeg in His CoffinUS$0.07 ↗
  105. 111The PacificUS$0.07 ↗
  106. 112The BlacksmithUS$0.07 ↗
  107. 113The ForgeUS$0.07 ↗
  108. 114The GilderUS$0.07 ↗
  109. 115The Pequod Meets the BachelorUS$0.07 ↗
  110. 116The Dying WhaleUS$0.07 ↗
  111. 117The Whale WatchUS$0.07 ↗
  112. 118The QuadrantUS$0.07 ↗
  113. 119The CandlesUS$0.07 ↗
  114. 120The Deck Towards the End of the First Night WatchUS$0.07 ↗
  115. 121Midnight.⁠—The Forecastle BulwarksUS$0.07 ↗
  116. 122Midnight Aloft.⁠—Thunder and LightningUS$0.07 ↗
  117. 123The MusketUS$0.07 ↗
  118. 124The NeedleUS$0.07 ↗
  119. 125The Log and LineUS$0.07 ↗
  120. 126The Life-BuoyUS$0.07 ↗
  121. 127The DeckUS$0.07 ↗
  122. 128The Pequod Meets the RachelUS$0.07 ↗
  123. 129The CabinUS$0.07 ↗
  124. 130The HatUS$0.07 ↗
  125. 131The Pequod Meets the DelightUS$0.07 ↗
  126. 132The SymphonyUS$0.07 ↗
  127. 133The Chase⁠—First DayUS$0.07 ↗
  128. 134The Chase⁠—Second DayUS$0.07 ↗
  129. 135The Chase⁠—Third DayUS$0.07 ↗

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