Foreword Nathaniel Philbrick p. xi
Etymology p. xxiii
Extracts p. xxv
Chapter 1 Loomings p. 3
Chapter 2 The Carpet Bag p. 9
Chapter 3 The Spouter-Inn p. 13
Chapter 4 The Counterpane p. 28
Chapter 5 Breakfast p. 33
Chapter 6 The Street p. 36
Chapter 7 The Chapel p. 39
Chapter 8 The Pulpit p. 43
Chapter 9 The Sermon p. 46
Chapter 10 A Bosom Friend p. 55
Chapter 11 Nightgown p. 59
Chapter 12 Biographical p. 61
Chapter 13 Wheelbarrow p. 64
Chapter 14 Nantucket p. 69
Chapter 15 Chowder p. 72
Chapter 16 The Ship p. 76
Chapter 17 The Ramadan p. 90
Chapter 18 His Mark p. 96
Chapter 19 The Prophet p. 100
Chapter 20 All Astir p. 104
Chapter 21 Going Aboard p. 107
Chapter 22 Merry Christmas p. 111
Chapter 23 The Lee Shore p. 116
Chapter 24 The Advocate p. 118
Chapter 25 Postscript p. 123
Chapter 26 Knights and Squires p. 124
Chapter 27 Knights and Squires p. 128
Chapter 28 Ahab p. 133
Chapter 29 Enter Ahab; to him, Stubb p. 137
Chapter 30 The Pipe p. 141
Chapter 31 Queen Mab p. 142
Chapter 32 Cetology p. 145
Chapter 33 The Specksynder p. 158
Chapter 34 The Cabin Table p. 161
Chapter 35 The Mast-Head p. 167
Chapter 36 The Quarter-Deck - Ahab and all p. 174
Chapter 37 Sunset p. 182
Chapter 38 Dusk p. 184
Chapter 39 First Night-Watch p. 186
Chapter 40 Forecastle--Midnight p. 187
Chapter 41 Moby Dick p. 194
Chapter 42 The Whiteness of the Whale p. 204
Chapter 43 Hark! p. 213
Chapter 44 The Chart p. 215
Chapter 45 The Affidavit p. 221
Chapter 46 Surmises p. 230
Chapter 47 The Mat-Maker p. 233
Chapter 48 The First Lowering p. 236
Chapter 49 The Hyena p. 247
Chapter 50 Ahab's Boat and Crew--Fedallah p. 250
Chapter 51 The Spirit-Spout p. 253
Chapter 52 The Pequod meets the Albatross p. 257
Chapter 53 The Gam p. 260
Chapter 54 The Town Ho's Story p. 265
Chapter 55 Monstrous Pictures of Whales p. 285
Chapter 56 Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales p. 290
Chapter 57 Of Whales in Paint, in Teeth, andc. p. 294
Chapter 58 Brit p. 297
Chapter 59 Squid p. 300
Chapter 60 The Line p. 303
Chapter 61 Stubb kills a Whale p. 307
Chapter 62 The Dart p. 313
Chapter 63 The Crotch p. 315
Chapter 64 Stubb's Supper p. 317
Chapter 65 The Whale as a Dish p. 325
Chapter 66 The Shark Massacre p. 328
Chapter 67 Cutting In p. 330
Chapter 68 The Blanket p. 332
Chapter 69 The Funeral p. 336
Chapter 70 The Sphynx p. 338
Chapter 71 The Pequod meets the Jeroboam - Her Story p. 341
Chapter 72 The Monkey-rope p. 348
Chapter 73 Stubb and Flask kill a Right Whale p. 353
Chapter 74 The Sperm Whale's Head p. 359
Chapter 75 The Right Whale's Head p. 364
Chapter 76 The Battering-Ram p. 368
Chapter 77 The Great Heidelburgh Tun p. 371
Chapter 78 Cistern and Buckets p. 373
Chapter 79 The Prairie p. 378
Chapter 80 The Nut p. 381
Chapter 81 The Pequod meets the Virgin p. 384
Chapter 82 The Honor and Glory of Whaling p. 395
Chapter 83 Jonah Historically Regarded p. 399
Chapter 84 Pitchpoling p. 402
Chapter 85 The Fountain p. 405
Chapter 86 The Tail p. 410
Chapter 87 The Grand Armada p. 415
Chapter 88 Schools and Schoolmasters p. 428
Chapter 89 Fast Fish and Loose Fish p. 432
Chapter 90 Heads or Tails p. 436
Chapter 91 The Pequod meets the Rose Bud p. 440
Chapter 92 Ambergris p. 447
Chapter 93 The Castaway p. 450
Chapter 94 A Squeeze of the Hand p. 455
Chapter 95 The Cassock p. 459
Chapter 96 The Try-Works p. 461
Chapter 97 The Lamp p. 466
Chapter 98 Stowing Down and Clearing Up p. 467
Chapter 99 The Doubloon p. 470
Chapter 100 The Pequod meets the Samuel Enderby of London p. 476
Chapter 101 The Decanter p. 483
Chapter 102 A Bower in the Arsacides p. 483
Chapter 103 Measurement of the Whale's Skeleton p. 493
Chapter 104 The Fossil Whale p. 496
Chapter 105 Does the Whale Diminish? p. 500
Chapter 106 Ahab's Leg p. 505
Chapter 107 The Carpenter p. 508
Chapter 108 The Deck - Ahab and the Carpenter p. 511
Chapter 109 The Cabin - Ahab and Starbuck p. 516
Chapter 110 Queequeg in his Coffin p. 519
Chapter 111 The Pacific p. 525
Chapter 112 The Blacksmith p. 527
Chapter 113 The Forge p. 530
Chapter 114 The Gilder p. 534
Chapter 115 The Pequod meets the Bachelor p. 536
Chapter 116 The Dying Whale p. 539
Chapter 117 The Whale-Watch p. 541
Chapter 118 The Quadrant p. 543
Chapter 119 The Candles p. 546
Chapter 120 The Deck p. 553
Chapter 121 Midnight, on the Forecastle p. 554
Chapter 122 Midnight, Aloft p. 556
Chapter 123 The Musket p. 557
Chapter 124 The Needle p. 561
Chapter 125 The Log and Line p. 565
Chapter 126 The Life-Buoy p. 569
Chapter 127 Ahab and the Carpenter p. 573
Chapter 128 The Pequod meets the Rachel p. 576
Chapter 129 The Cabin - Ahab and Pip p. 580
Chapter 130 The Hat p. 582
Chapter 131 The Pequod meets the Delight p. 587
Chapter 132 The Symphony p. 589
Chapter 133 The Chase - First Day p. 594
Chapter 134 The Chase - Second Day p. 604
Chapter 135 The Chase - Third Day p. 613
Epilogue p. 625
Map and Illustrations p. 626