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Moby Dick — Vocabulary
Herman Melville
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Extracts
Chapters 1-3 -- Loomings; The Carpet-Bag; The Spouter-Inn
Chapters 4-6 -- The Counter-Pane; Breakfast; The Street
Chapters 7-9 -- The Chapel; The Pulpit; The Sermon
Chapters 10-12 -- A Bosom Friend; Nightgown; Biographical
Chapters 13-15 -- Wheelbarrow; Nantucket; Chowder
Chapters 16-18 -- The Ship; The Ramadan; His Mark
Chapters 19-21 -- The Prophet; All Astir; Going Aboard
Chapters 22-24 -- Merry Christmas; The Lee Shore; The Advocate
Chapters 25-27 -- Postscript; Knights and Squires; Knights and Squires
Chapters 28-30 -- Ahab; (Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb); The Pipe
Chapters 31-33 -- Queen Mab; Cetology; The Specksnyder
Chapters 34-36 -- The Cabin-Table; The Mast-Head; The Qarter-Deck--Ahab and all
Chapters 37-39 -- Sunset; Dusk; First Night-Watch
Chapters 40-42 -- Midnight, Forecastle; Moby Dick; The Whiteness of the Whale
Chapters 43-45 -- Hark!; The Chart; The Affidavit
Chapters 46-48 -- Surmises; The Mat-Maker; The First Lowering
Chapters 49-51 -- The Hyena; Ahab's Boat and Crew - Fedallah; The Spirit-Spout
Chapters 52-54 -- The Albatross; The Gam; The Town-Ho's Story
Chapters 55-57 -- Monstrous Pictures of Whales; Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales; Whales in Paint….
Chapters 58-60 -- Brit; Squid; The Line
Chapters 61-63 -- Stubb Kills a Whale; The Dart; The Crotch
Chapters 64-66 -- Stubb's Supper; The Whale as a Dish; The Shark Massacre
Chapters 67-69 -- Cutting In; The Blanket; The Funeral
Chapters 70-72 -- The Sphynx; The Jeroboam's Story; The Monkey-Rope
Chapters 73-75 -- Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; The Sperm Whale's Head, The Right Whale's Head
Chapters 76-78 -- The Battering-Ram; The Great Heidelburgh Tun; Cistern and Buckets
Chapters 79-81 -- The Prairie; The Nut; The Pequod Meets the Virgin
Chapters 82-84 -- The Honour and Glory of Whaling; Jonah Historically Regarded; Pitchpoling
Chapters 85-87 -- The Fountain; The Tail; The Grand Armada
Chapters 88-90 -- Schools and Schoolmasters; Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish; Heads or Tails
Chapters 91-93 -- The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud; Ambergris; The Castaway
Chapters 94-96 -- A Squeeze of the Hand; The Cassock; The Try-Works
Chapters 97-99 -- The Lamp; Stowing Down & Clearing Up; Doubloon
Chapters 100-102 -- The Pequod meets….; The Decanter; A Bower in the Arsacides
Chapters 103-105 -- Measurement of The Whale's Skeleton; The Fossil Whale; Does the Whale Diminish
Chapters 106-108 -- Ahab's Leg; The Carpenter; Ahab and the Carpenter
Chapters 109-111 -- Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin; Queequeg in his Coffin; The Pacific
Chapters 112-114 -- The Blacksmith; The Forge; The Gilder
Chapters 115-117 -- The Pequod Meets The Bachelor; The Dying Whale; The Whale Watch
Chapters 118-120 -- The Quadrant; The Candles; The Deck
Chapters 121-123 -- Midnight, on the Forecastle; Midnight, Aloft; The Musket
Chapters 124-126 -- The Needle; The Log and Line; The Life-Buoy
Chapters 127-129 -- The Deck; The Pequod meets the Rachel; The Cabin--Ahab and Pip
Chapters 130-132 -- The Hat; The Pequod meets the Delight; The Symphony
Chapters 133-135 -- The Chase--First Day; The Chase--Second Day; The Chase--Third Day
Epilogue
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Etymology
Extracts
Chapters 1-3 -- Loomings; The Carpet-Bag; The Spouter-Inn
Chapters 4-6 -- The Counter-Pane; Breakfast; The Street
Chapters 7-9 -- The Chapel; The Pulpit; The Sermon
Chapters 10-12 -- A Bosom Friend; Nightgown; Biographical
Chapters 13-15 -- Wheelbarrow; Nantucket; Chowder
Chapters 16-18 -- The Ship; The Ramadan; His Mark
Chapters 19-21 -- The Prophet; All Astir; Going Aboard
Chapters 22-24 -- Merry Christmas; The Lee Shore; The Advocate
Chapters 25-27 -- Postscript; Knights and Squires; Knights and Squires
Chapters 28-30 -- Ahab; (Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb); The Pipe
Chapters 31-33 -- Queen Mab; Cetology; The Specksnyder
Chapters 34-36 -- The Cabin-Table; The Mast-Head; The Qarter-Deck--Ahab and all
Chapters 37-39 -- Sunset; Dusk; First Night-Watch
Chapters 40-42 -- Midnight, Forecastle; Moby Dick; The Whiteness of the Whale
Chapters 43-45 -- Hark!; The Chart; The Affidavit
Chapters 46-48 -- Surmises; The Mat-Maker; The First Lowering
Chapters 49-51 -- The Hyena; Ahab's Boat and Crew - Fedallah; The Spirit-Spout
Chapters 52-54 -- The Albatross; The Gam; The Town-Ho's Story
Chapters 55-57 -- Monstrous Pictures of Whales; Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales; Whales in Paint….
Chapters 58-60 -- Brit; Squid; The Line
Chapters 61-63 -- Stubb Kills a Whale; The Dart; The Crotch
Chapters 64-66 -- Stubb's Supper; The Whale as a Dish; The Shark Massacre
Chapters 67-69 -- Cutting In; The Blanket; The Funeral
Chapters 70-72 -- The Sphynx; The Jeroboam's Story; The Monkey-Rope
Chapters 73-75 -- Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; The Sperm Whale's Head, The Right Whale's Head
Chapters 76-78 -- The Battering-Ram; The Great Heidelburgh Tun; Cistern and Buckets
Chapters 79-81 -- The Prairie; The Nut; The Pequod Meets the Virgin
Chapters 82-84 -- The Honour and Glory of Whaling; Jonah Historically Regarded; Pitchpoling
Chapters 85-87 -- The Fountain; The Tail; The Grand Armada
Chapters 88-90 -- Schools and Schoolmasters; Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish; Heads or Tails
Chapters 91-93 -- The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud; Ambergris; The Castaway
Chapters 94-96 -- A Squeeze of the Hand; The Cassock; The Try-Works
Chapters 97-99 -- The Lamp; Stowing Down & Clearing Up; Doubloon
Chapters 100-102 -- The Pequod meets….; The Decanter; A Bower in the Arsacides
Chapters 103-105 -- Measurement of The Whale's Skeleton; The Fossil Whale; Does the Whale Diminish
Chapters 106-108 -- Ahab's Leg; The Carpenter; Ahab and the Carpenter
Chapters 109-111 -- Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin; Queequeg in his Coffin; The Pacific
Chapters 112-114 -- The Blacksmith; The Forge; The Gilder
Chapters 115-117 -- The Pequod Meets The Bachelor; The Dying Whale; The Whale Watch
Chapters 118-120 -- The Quadrant; The Candles; The Deck
Chapters 121-123 -- Midnight, on the Forecastle; Midnight, Aloft; The Musket
Chapters 124-126 -- The Needle; The Log and Line; The Life-Buoy
Chapters 127-129 -- The Deck; The Pequod meets the Rachel; The Cabin--Ahab and Pip
Chapters 130-132 -- The Hat; The Pequod meets the Delight; The Symphony
Chapters 133-135 -- The Chase--First Day; The Chase--Second Day; The Chase--Third Day
Epilogue
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