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Moby-Dick

Moby-Dick

by Herman Melville

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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale


Summary

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

Themes

Revenge Theme
Man and the Natural World Theme
Religion Theme
Race Theme
Sexuality and Sexual Identity Theme
Literature and Writing Theme
Fate and Free Will Theme
Madness Theme

Quotes

Revenge Quotes
Man and the Natural World Quotes
Religion Quotes
Race Quotes
Sexuality and Sexual Identity Quotes
Literature and Writing Quotes
Fate and Free Will Quotes
Madness Quotes

Plot Analysis

The Quest Plot
Three Act Plot Analysis
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