# Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

Author: Melville, Herman, 1819-1891

Genre: Adventure

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Moby-Dick%3B+or%2C+The+Whale+Melville&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen, and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and m...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/32/index.md)
- [BOOK I. (_Folio_), CHAPTER I. (_Sperm Whale_).—This whale, among the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/33/index.md)
- [BOOK I. (_Folio_), CHAPTER II. (_Right Whale_).—In one respect this is](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/34/index.md)
- [BOOK I. (_Folio_), CHAPTER III. (_Fin-Back_).—Under this head I reckon](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/35/index.md)
- [Book I. (_Folio_), CHAPTER IV. (_Hump Back_).—This whale is often seen](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/36/index.md)
- [BOOK I. (_Folio_), CHAPTER V. (_Razor Back_).—Of this whale little is](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/37/index.md)
- [BOOK I. (_Folio_), CHAPTER VI.(_Sulphur Bottom_).—Another retiring](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/38/index.md)
- [BOOK II. (_Octavo_), CHAPTER I. (_Grampus_).—Though this fish,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/39/index.md)
- [BOOK II. (_Octavo_), CHAPTER II. (_Black Fish_).—I give the popular](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/40/index.md)
- [BOOK II. (_Octavo_), CHAPTER III. (_Narwhale_), that is, _Nostril](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/41/index.md)
- [BOOK II. (_Octavo_), CHAPTER IV. (_Killer_).—Of this whale little is](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/42/index.md)
- [BOOK II. (_Octavo_), CHAPTER V. (_Thrasher_).—This gentleman is famous](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/43/index.md)
- [BOOK III. (_Duodecimo_), CHAPTER I. (_Huzza Porpoise_).—This is the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/44/index.md)
- [BOOK III. (_Duodecimo_), CHAPTER II. (_Algerine Porpoise_).—A pirate.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/45/index.md)
- [BOOK III. (_Duodecimo_), CHAPTER III. (_Mealy-mouthed Porpoise_).—The](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/46/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/47/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/48/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/49/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/50/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/51/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/52/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/53/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XL.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/54/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/55/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/56/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/57/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/58/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/59/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/60/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/61/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/62/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/63/index.md)
- [CHAPTER L.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/64/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/65/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/66/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/67/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/68/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/69/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/70/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/71/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/72/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/73/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/74/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/75/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/76/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/77/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/78/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/79/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/80/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/81/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/82/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/83/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/84/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/85/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/86/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/87/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/88/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/89/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/90/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/91/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/92/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/93/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/94/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/95/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/96/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/97/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/98/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/99/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/100/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/101/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/102/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/103/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XC.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/104/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/105/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/106/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/107/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/108/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/109/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/110/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/111/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/112/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/113/index.md)
- [CHAPTER C. LEG AND ARM.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/114/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/115/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/116/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/117/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/118/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/119/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/120/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/121/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/122/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/123/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/124/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/125/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/126/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/127/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/128/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/129/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/130/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/131/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/132/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/133/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/134/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/135/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/136/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/137/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/138/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/139/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/140/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/141/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/142/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/143/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXXX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/144/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXXXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/145/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXXXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/146/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXXXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/147/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXXXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/148/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXXXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/149/index.md)
- [dim. Mary, girl! thou fadest in pale glories behind me; boy! I seem to](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale-15/chapters/150/index.md)