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Moby Dick; Or, The Whale
Melville, Herman · ~1113 min total
CHAPTER 56. Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True
Chapters (152)
CHAPTER 56. Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True
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CHAPTER 57. Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron; in
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CHAPTER 135. The Chase. - Third Day.
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CHAPTER 1. Loomings.
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CHAPTER 2. The Carpet-Bag.
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CHAPTER 3. The Spouter-Inn.
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CHAPTER 4. The Counterpane.
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CHAPTER 5. Breakfast.
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CHAPTER 6. The Street.
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CHAPTER 7. The Chapel.
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CHAPTER 8. The Pulpit.
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CHAPTER 9. The Sermon.
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CHAPTER 10. A Bosom Friend.
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CHAPTER 11. Nightgown.
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CHAPTER 12. Biographical.
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CHAPTER 13. Wheelbarrow.
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CHAPTER 14. Nantucket.
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CHAPTER 15. Chowder.
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CHAPTER 16. The Ship.
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CHAPTER 17. The Ramadan.
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CHAPTER 18. His Mark.
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CHAPTER 19. The Prophet.
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CHAPTER 20. All Astir.
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CHAPTER 21. Going Aboard.
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CHAPTER 22. Merry Christmas.
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CHAPTER 23. The Lee Shore.
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CHAPTER 24. The Advocate.
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CHAPTER 25. Postscript.
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CHAPTER 26. Knights and Squires.
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CHAPTER 27. Knights and Squires.
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CHAPTER 28. Ahab.
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CHAPTER 29. Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb.
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CHAPTER 30. The Pipe.
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CHAPTER 31. Queen Mab.
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CHAPTER 32. Cetology.
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BOOK I. (_Folio_), CHAPTER I. (_Sperm Whale_). - This whale, among the
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BOOK I. (_Folio_), CHAPTER II. (_Right Whale_). - In one respect this is
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BOOK I. (_Folio_), CHAPTER III. (_Fin-Back_). - Under this head I reckon
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BOOK I. (_Folio_) CHAPTER IV. (_Hump Back_). - This whale is often seen
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BOOK I. (_Folio_), CHAPTER V. (_Razor Back_). - Of this whale little is
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BOOK I. (_Folio_), CHAPTER VI. (_Sulphur Bottom_). - Another retiring
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BOOK II. (_Octavo_), CHAPTER I. (_Grampus_). - Though this fish, whose
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BOOK II. (_Octavo_), CHAPTER II. (_Black Fish_). - I give the popular
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BOOK II. (_Octavo_), CHAPTER III. (_Narwhale_), that is, _Nostril
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BOOK II. (_Octavo_), CHAPTER IV. (_Killer_). - Of this whale little is
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BOOK II. (_Octavo_), CHAPTER V. (_Thrasher_). - This gentleman is famous
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BOOK III. (_Duodecimo_), CHAPTER 1. (_Huzza Porpoise_). - This is the
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BOOK III. (_Duodecimo_), CHAPTER II. (_Algerine Porpoise_). - A pirate.
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BOOK III. (_Duodecimo_), CHAPTER III. (_Mealy-mouthed Porpoise_). - The
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CHAPTER 33. The Specksnyder.
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CHAPTER 34. The Cabin-Table.
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CHAPTER 35. The Mast-Head.
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CHAPTER 36. The Quarter-Deck.
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CHAPTER 37. Sunset.
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CHAPTER 38. Dusk.
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CHAPTER 39. First Night-Watch.
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CHAPTER 40. Midnight, Forecastle.
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CHAPTER 41. Moby Dick.
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CHAPTER 42. The Whiteness of the Whale.
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CHAPTER 43. Hark!
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CHAPTER 44. The Chart.
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CHAPTER 45. The Affidavit.
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CHAPTER 46. Surmises.
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CHAPTER 47. The Mat-Maker.
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CHAPTER 48. The First Lowering.
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CHAPTER 49. The Hyena.
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CHAPTER 50. Ahab's Boat and Crew. Fedallah.
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CHAPTER 51. The Spirit-Spout.
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CHAPTER 52. The Albatross.
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CHAPTER 53. The Gam.
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CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story.
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CHAPTER 55. Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales.
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CHAPTER 56. Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True
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CHAPTER 57. Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron; in
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CHAPTER 58. Brit.
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CHAPTER 59. Squid.
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CHAPTER 60. The Line.
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CHAPTER 61. Stubb Kills a Whale.
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CHAPTER 62. The Dart.
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CHAPTER 63. The Crotch.
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CHAPTER 64. Stubb's Supper.
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CHAPTER 65. The Whale as a Dish.
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CHAPTER 66. The Shark Massacre.
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CHAPTER 67. Cutting In.
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CHAPTER 68. The Blanket.
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CHAPTER 69. The Funeral.
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CHAPTER 70. The Sphynx.
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CHAPTER 71. The Jeroboam's Story.
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CHAPTER 72. The Monkey-Rope.
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CHAPTER 73. Stubb and Flask kill a Right Whale; and Then Have a Talk
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CHAPTER 74. The Sperm Whale's Head - Contrasted View.
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CHAPTER 75. The Right Whale's Head - Contrasted View.
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CHAPTER 76. The Battering-Ram.
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CHAPTER 77. The Great Heidelburgh Tun.
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CHAPTER 78. Cistern and Buckets.
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CHAPTER 79. The Prairie.
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CHAPTER 80. The Nut.
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CHAPTER 81. The Pequod Meets The Virgin.
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CHAPTER 82. The Honor and Glory of Whaling.
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CHAPTER 83. Jonah Historically Regarded.
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CHAPTER 84. Pitchpoling.
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CHAPTER 85. The Fountain.
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CHAPTER 86. The Tail.
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CHAPTER 87. The Grand Armada.
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CHAPTER 88. Schools and Schoolmasters.
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CHAPTER 89. Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish.
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CHAPTER 90. Heads or Tails.
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CHAPTER 91. The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud.
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CHAPTER 92. Ambergris.
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CHAPTER 93. The Castaway.
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CHAPTER 94. A Squeeze of the Hand.
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CHAPTER 95. The Cassock.
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CHAPTER 96. The Try-Works.
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CHAPTER 97. The Lamp.
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CHAPTER 98. Stowing Down and Clearing Up.
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CHAPTER 99. The Doubloon.
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CHAPTER 100. Leg and Arm.
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CHAPTER 101. The Decanter.
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CHAPTER 102. A Bower in the Arsacides.
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CHAPTER 103. Measurement of The Whale's Skeleton.
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CHAPTER 104. The Fossil Whale.
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CHAPTER 105. Does the Whale's Magnitude Diminish? - Will He Perish?
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CHAPTER 106. Ahab's Leg.
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CHAPTER 107. The Carpenter.
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CHAPTER 108. Ahab and the Carpenter.
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CHAPTER 109. Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin.
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CHAPTER 110. Queequeg in His Coffin.
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CHAPTER 111. The Pacific.
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CHAPTER 112. The Blacksmith.
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CHAPTER 113. The Forge.
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CHAPTER 114. The Gilder.
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CHAPTER 115. The Pequod Meets The Bachelor.
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CHAPTER 116. The Dying Whale.
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CHAPTER 117. The Whale Watch.
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CHAPTER 118. The Quadrant.
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CHAPTER 119. The Candles.
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CHAPTER 120. The Deck Towards the End of the First Night Watch.
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CHAPTER 121. Midnight. - The Forecastle Bulwarks.
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CHAPTER 122. Midnight Aloft. - Thunder and Lightning.
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CHAPTER 123. The Musket.
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CHAPTER 124. The Needle.
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CHAPTER 125. The Log and Line.
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CHAPTER 126. The Life-Buoy.
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CHAPTER 127. The Deck.
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CHAPTER 128. The Pequod Meets The Rachel.
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CHAPTER 129. The Cabin.
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CHAPTER 130. The Hat.
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CHAPTER 131. The Pequod Meets The Delight.
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CHAPTER 132. The Symphony.
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CHAPTER 133. The Chase - First Day.
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CHAPTER 134. The Chase - Second Day.
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CHAPTER 135. The Chase. - Third Day.
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About Moby-Dick
Captain Ahab hunts the great white whale that took his leg. A 600-page meditation on obsession that intimidates print readers but listens surprisingly well at 1.3× speed.
Why it works as an audiobook
The famous "encyclopedia of whaling" chapters that bog down silent readers actually work better as audio — they play like a podcast about whaling between the dramatic scenes.
- Genre: Adventure / Literary
- Themes: epic literature, obsession, sea adventure, philosophical fiction
- Approximate length: 24 hours
- Source: Project Gutenberg #2701 (public domain)
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