Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

Opening of the book

MOBY-DICK;

OR,

THE WHALE.

BY

HERMAN MELVILLE,

AUTHOR OF

“TYPEE,” “OMOO,” “REDBURN,” “MARDI,” “WHITE-JACKET.”

NEW YORK:

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.

LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY.

1851.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by

HERMAN MELVILLE,

in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.

IN TOKEN
OF MY ADMIRATION FOR HIS GENIUS,
This Book is Inscribed
TO
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE.
CONTENTS.
Chap.
I.
—Loomings
II.
—The Carpet Bag
III.
—The Spouter-Inn
IV.
—The Counterpane
V.
—Breakfast
VI.
—The Street
VII.
—The Chapel
VIII.
—The Pulpit
IX.
—The Sermon
X.
—A Bosom Friend
XI.
—Nightgown
XII.
—Biographical
XIII.
—Wheelbarrow

XIV.
—Nantucket
XV.
—Chowder
XVI.
—The Ship
XVII.
—The Ramadan
XVIII.
—His Mark
XIX.
—The Prophet
XX.
—All Astir
XXI.
—Going Aboard
XXII.
—Merry Christmas
XXIII.
—The Lee Shore
XXIV.
—The Advocate
XXV.
—Postscript
XXVI.
—Knights and Squires
XXVII.
—Knights and Squires
XXVIII.
—Ahab
XXIX.
—Enter Ahab; to him, Stubb
XXX.
—The Pipe
XXXI.
—Queen Mab
XXXII.
—Cetology
XXXIII.
—The Specksnyder
XXXIV.
—The Cabin Table
XXXV.
—The Mast-Head
XXXVI.
—The Quarter-Deck. Ahab and all
XXXVII.
—Sunset
XXXVIII.
—Dusk
XXXIX.
—First Night-Watch
XL.
—Forecastle—Midnight
XLI.
—Moby Dick
XLII.
—The Whiteness of the Whale
XLIII.
—Hark!
XLIV.
—The Chart
XLV.
—The Affidavit
XLVI.
—Surmises
XLVII.
—The Mat-Maker
XLVIII.
—The First Lowering

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