Moby Dick

Herman Melville

• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781681778488
• eBook ISBN: 9781681779133
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Classics
• Index: Literature

Every reader knows the obsessive story of Captain Ahab and the famous white whale. Moby Dick is the great American novel, a monument of literature. Based on the events depicted in the "Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex" and the legend of "Mocha Dick, " it is the story of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage aboard the whaling ship the Pequod. Commanded by the obsessed Captain Ahab, a man who is hell-bent on revenge against a white whale of incredible ferocity, the Pequod and its crew are tasked with this singular goal, whatever the emotional or human cost. It is a novel rich with symbolism and complex themes.But this mythical adventure has never been portrayed in such a powerful way and with such striking illustrations, presenting a new perspective on this cornerstone of American literature. It marks a wonderful entry point for new readers to discover Melville's universe—and a beautiful edition for the countless dedicated readers of this unique novel.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Contents
• Chapter I: Loomings
• Chapter II: The Carpet-Bag
• Chapter III: The Spouter-Inn
• Chapter IV: The Counterpane
• Chapter V: Breakfast
• Chapter VI: The Street
• Chapter VII: The Chapel
• Chapter VIII: The Pulpit
• Chapter IX: The Sermon
• Chapter X: A Bosom Friend
• Chapter XI: Nightgown
• Chapter XII: Biographical
• Chapter XIII: Wheelbarrow
• Chapter XIV: Nantucket
• Chapter XV: Chowder
• Chapter XVI: The Ship
• Chapter XVII: The Ramadan
• Chapter XVIII: His Mark
• Chapter XIX: The Prophet
• Chapter XX: All Astir
• Chapter XXI: Going Aboard
• Chapter XXII: Merry Christmas
• Chapter XXIII: The Lee Shore
• Chapter XXIV: The Advocate
• Chapter XXV: Postscript
• Chapter XXVI: Knights and Squires
• Chapter XXVII: Knights and Squires
• Chapter XXVIII: Ahab
• Chapter XXIX: Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb
• Chapter XXX: The Pipe
• Chapter XXXI: Queen Mab
• Chapter XXXII: Cetology
• Chapter XXXIII: The Specksnyder
• Chapter XXXIV: The Cabin-Table
• Chapter XXXV: The Mast-Head
• Chapter XXXVI: The Quarter-Deck
• Chapter XXXVII: Sunset
• Chapter XXXVIII: Dusk
• Chapter XXXIX: First Night-Watch
• Chapter LX: Midnight, Forecastle
• Chapter XLI: Moby Dick
• Chapter XLII: The Whiteness of the Whale
• Chapter XLIII: Hark!
• Chapter XLIV: The Chart
• Chapter XLV: The Affidavit
• Chapter XLVI: Surmises
• Chapter XLVII: The Mat-Maker
• Chapter XLVIII: The First Lowering
• Chapter XLIX: The Hyena
• Chapter L: Ahab’s Boat and Crew. Fedallah
• Chapter LI: The Spirit-Spout
• Chapter LII: The Albatross
• Chapter LIII: The Gam
• Chapter LIV: The Town-Ho’s Story
• Chapter LV: Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales
• Chapter LVI: Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True Pictures of Whaling Scenes
• Chapter LVII: Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron; in Stone; in Mountains; in Stars
• Chapter LVIII: Brit
• Chapter LIX: Squid
• Chapter LX: The Line
• Chapter LXI: Stubb Kills a Whale
• Chapter LXII: The Dart
• Chapter LXIII: The Crotch
• Chapter LXIV: Stubb’s Supper
• Chapter LXV: The Whale as a Dish
• Chapter LXVI: The Shark Massacre
• Chapter LXVII: Cutting In
• Chapter LXVIII: The Blanket
• Chapter LXIX: The Funeral
• Chapter LXX: The Sphynx
• Chapter LXXI: The Jeroboam’s Story
• Chapter LXXII: The Monkey-Rope
• Chapter LXXIII: Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; and Then Have a Talk Over Him
• Chapter LXXIV: The Sperm Whale’s Head—Contrasted View
• Chapter LXXV: The Right Whale’s Head—Contrasted View
• Chapter LXXVI: The Battering-Ram
• Chapter LXXVII: The Great Heidelburgh Tun
• Chapter LVIII: Cistern and Buckets
• Chapter LXXIX: The Prairie
• Chapter LXXX: The Nut
• Chapter LXXXI: The Pequod Meets the Virgin
• Chapter LXXXII: The Honor and Glory of Whaling
• Chapter LXXXIII: Jonah Historically Regarded
• Chapter LXXXIV: Pitchpoling
• Chapter LXXXV: The Fountain
• Chapter LXXXVI: The Tail
• Chapter LXXXVII: The Grand Armada
• Chapter LXXXVIII: Schools and Schoolmasters
• Chapter LXXXIX: Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish
• Chapter XC: Heads or Tails
• Chapter XCI: The Pequod Meets the Rose-Bud
• Chapter XCII: Ambergris
• Chapter XCIII: The Castaway
• Chapter XCIV: A Squeeze of the Hand
• Chapter XCV: The Cassock
• Chapter XCVI: The Try-Works
• Chapter XCVII: The Lamp
• Chapter XCVIII: Stowing Down and Clearing Up
• Chapter XCIX: The Doubloon
• Chapter C: Leg and Arm the Pequod, of Nantucket, Meets the Samuel Enderby, of London
• Chapter CI: The Decanter
• Chapter CII: A Bower in the Arsacides
• Chapter CIII: Measurement of the Whale’s Skeleton
• Chapter CIV: The Fossil Whale
• Chapter CV: Does the Whale’s Magnitude Diminish?—Will He Perish?
• Chapter CVI: Ahab’s Leg
• Chapter CVII: The Carpenter
• Chapter CVIII: Ahab and the Carpenter
• Chapter CIX: Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin
• Chapter CX: Queequeg in His Coffin
• Chapter CXI: The Pacific
• Chapter CXII: The Blacksmith
• Chapter CXIII: The Forge
• Chapter CXIV: The Gilder
• Chapter CXV: The Pequod Meets the Bachelor
• Chapter XVI: The Dying Whale
• Chapter CXVII: The Whale Watch
• Chapter CVIII: The Quadrant
• Chapter CXIX: The Candles
• Chapter CXX: The Deck Towards the End of the First Night Watch
• Chapter CXXI: Midnight—the Forecastle Bulwarks
• Chapter CXXII: Midnight Aloft—Thunder and Lightning
• Chapter CXXIII: The Musket
• Chapter CXXIV: The Needle
• Chapter CXXV: The Log and Line
• Chapter CXXVI: The Life-Buoy
• Chapter CXXVII: The Deck
• Chapter CXXVIII: The Pequod Meets the Rachel
• Chapter CXXIX: The Cabin
• Chapter CXXX: The Hat
• Chapter CXXXI: The Pequod Meets the Delight
• Chapter CXXXII: The Symphony
• Chapter CXXXIII: The Chase—First Day
• Chapter CXXXIV: The Chase—Second Day
• Chapter CXXXV: The Chase—Third Day
• Epilogue
• Copyright