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| Chapter | Core59 in | Classroom78 in | Full142 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moby Dick Front matter | Deferred | Optional | In |
| Imprint Front matter | Deferred | Optional | In |
| Dedication Front matter | Deferred | Optional | In |
| Etymology Front matter | summary-only | recommended | In |
| Extracts Front matter | summary-only | recommended | In |
| Moby Dick Front matter | Deferred | Optional | In |
| 1. Loomings Chapter 1 | In | In | In |
| 2. The Carpetbag Chapter 2 | In | In | In |
| 3. The Spouter-Inn Chapter 3 | In | In | In |
| 4. The Counterpane Chapter 4 | In | In | In |
| 5. Breakfast Chapter 5 | In | In | In |
| 6. The Street Chapter 6 | In | In | In |
| 7. The Chapel Chapter 7 | In | In | In |
| 8. The Pulpit Chapter 8 | In | In | In |
| 9. The Sermon Chapter 9 | In | In | In |
| 10. A Bosom Friend Chapter 10 | In | In | In |
| 11. Nightgown Chapter 11 | In | In | In |
| 12. Biographical Chapter 12 | In | In | In |
| 13. Wheelbarrow Chapter 13 | In | In | In |
| 14. Nantucket Chapter 14 | In | In | In |
| 15. Chowder Chapter 15 | In | In | In |
| 16. The Ship Chapter 16 | In | In | In |
| 17. The Ramadan Chapter 17 | In | In | In |
| 18. His Mark Chapter 18 | In | In | In |
| 19. The Prophet Chapter 19 | In | In | In |
| 20. All Astir Chapter 20 | In | In | In |
| 21. Going Aboard Chapter 21 | In | In | In |
| 22. Merry Christmas Chapter 22 | In | In | In |
| 23. The Lee Shore Chapter 23 | In | In | In |
| 24. The Advocate Chapter 24 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 25. Postscript Chapter 25 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 26. Knights and Squires Chapter 26 | summary-only | In | In |
| 27. Knights and Squires Chapter 27 | summary-only | In | In |
| 28. Ahab Chapter 28 | In | In | In |
| 29. Enter Ahab; To Him, Stubb Chapter 29 | In | In | In |
| 30. The Pipe Chapter 30 | In | In | In |
| 31. Queen Mab Chapter 31 | In | In | In |
| 32. Cetology Chapter 32 | summary-only | In | In |
| 33. The Specksnyder Chapter 33 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 34. The Cabin-Table Chapter 34 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 35. The Masthead Chapter 35 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 36. The Quarterdeck Chapter 36 | In | In | In |
| 37. Sunset Chapter 37 | summary-only | In | In |
| 38. Dusk Chapter 38 | summary-only | In | In |
| 39. First Night-Watch Chapter 39 | summary-only | In | In |
| 40. Midnight, Forecastle Chapter 40 | summary-only | In | In |
| 41. Moby Dick Chapter 41 | In | In | In |
| 42. The Whiteness of the Whale Chapter 42 | summary-only | In | In |
| 43. Hark! Chapter 43 | summary-only | Optional | In |
| 44. The Chart Chapter 44 | In | In | In |
| 45. The Affidavit Chapter 45 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 46. Surmises Chapter 46 | In | In | In |
| 47. The Mat-Maker Chapter 47 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 48. The First Lowering Chapter 48 | In | In | In |
| 49. The Hyena Chapter 49 | summary-only | Optional | In |
| 50. Ahab’s Boat and Crew. Fedallah Chapter 50 | In | In | In |
| 51. The Spirit-Spout Chapter 51 | In | In | In |
| 52. The Albatross Chapter 52 | summary-only | In | In |
| 53. The Gam Chapter 53 | summary-only | In | In |
| 54. The Town-Ho ’s Story Chapter 54 | summary-only | In | In |
| 55. Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales Chapter 55 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 56. Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True Pictures of Whaling Scenes Chapter 56 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 57. Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron; in Stone; in Mountains; in Stars Chapter 57 | summary-only | Optional | In |
| 58. Brit Chapter 58 | summary-only | Optional | In |
| 59. Squid Chapter 59 | summary-only | Optional | In |
| 60. The Line Chapter 60 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 61. Stubb Kills a Whale Chapter 61 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 62. The Dart Chapter 62 | summary-only | Optional | In |
| 63. The Crotch Chapter 63 | summary-only | Optional | In |
| 64. Stubb’s Supper Chapter 64 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 65. The Whale as a Dish Chapter 65 | summary-only | Optional | In |
| 66. The Shark Massacre Chapter 66 | summary-only | Optional | In |
| 67. Cutting In Chapter 67 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 68. The Blanket Chapter 68 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 69. The Funeral Chapter 69 | summary-only | Optional | In |
| 70. The Sphynx Chapter 70 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 71. The Jeroboam ’s Story Chapter 71 | In | In | In |
| 72. The Monkey-Rope Chapter 72 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 73. Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; and Then Have a Talk Over Him Chapter 73 | summary-only | Optional | In |
| 74. The Sperm Whale’s Head—Contrasted View Chapter 74 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 75. The Right Whale’s Head—Contrasted View Chapter 75 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 76. The Battering-Ram Chapter 76 | summary-only | Optional | In |
| 77. The Great Heidelburgh Tun Chapter 77 | summary-only | Optional | In |
| 78. Cistern and Buckets Chapter 78 | summary-only | In | In |
| 79. The Prairie Chapter 79 | summary-only | Optional | In |
| 80. The Nut Chapter 80 | summary-only | Optional | In |
| 81. The Pequod Meets the Virgin Chapter 81 | summary-only | In | In |
| 82. The Honor and Glory of Whaling Chapter 82 | summary-only | Optional | In |
| 83. Jonah Historically Regarded Chapter 83 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 84. Pitchpoling Chapter 84 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 85. The Fountain Chapter 85 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 86. The Tail Chapter 86 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 87. The Grand Armada Chapter 87 | summary-only | In | In |
| 88. Schools and Schoolmasters Chapter 88 | summary-only | Optional | In |
| 89. Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish Chapter 89 | summary-only | In | In |
| 90. Heads or Tails Chapter 90 | summary-only | In | In |
| 91. The Pequod Meets the Rose-Bud Chapter 91 | summary-only | Optional | In |
| 92. Ambergris Chapter 92 | summary-only | Optional | In |
| 93. The Castaway Chapter 93 | In | In | In |
| 94. A Squeeze of the Hand Chapter 94 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 95. The Cassock Chapter 95 | summary-only | Optional | In |
| 96. The Try-Works Chapter 96 | In | In | In |
| 97. The Lamp Chapter 97 | summary-only | Optional | In |
| 98. Stowing Down and Clearing Up Chapter 98 | summary-only | Optional | In |
| 99. The Doubloon Chapter 99 | summary-only | In | In |
| 100. Leg and Arm Chapter 100 | summary-only | In | In |
| 101. The Decanter Chapter 101 | summary-only | Optional | In |
| 102. A Bower in the Arsacides Chapter 102 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 103. Measurement of the Whale’s Skeleton Chapter 103 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 104. The Fossil Whale Chapter 104 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 105. Does the Whale’s Magnitude Diminish?—Will He Perish? Chapter 105 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 106. Ahab’s Leg Chapter 106 | In | In | In |
| 107. The Carpenter Chapter 107 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 108. Ahab and the Carpenter Chapter 108 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 109. Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin Chapter 109 | In | In | In |
| 110. Queequeg in His Coffin Chapter 110 | In | In | In |
| 111. The Pacific Chapter 111 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 112. The Blacksmith Chapter 112 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 113. The Forge Chapter 113 | In | In | In |
| 114. The Gilder Chapter 114 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 115. The Pequod Meets the Bachelor Chapter 115 | summary-only | In | In |
| 116. The Dying Whale Chapter 116 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 117. The Whale Watch Chapter 117 | In | In | In |
| 118. The Quadrant Chapter 118 | In | In | In |
| 119. The Candles Chapter 119 | In | In | In |
| 120. The Deck Towards the End of the First Night Watch Chapter 120 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 121. Midnight.—The Forecastle Bulwarks Chapter 121 | summary-only | recommended | In |
| 122. Midnight Aloft.—Thunder and Lightning Chapter 122 | In | In | In |
| 123. The Musket Chapter 123 | In | In | In |
| 124. The Needle Chapter 124 | In | In | In |
| 125. The Log and Line Chapter 125 | In | In | In |
| 126. The Life-Buoy Chapter 126 | In | In | In |
| 127. The Deck Chapter 127 | In | In | In |
| 128. The Pequod Meets the Rachel Chapter 128 | In | In | In |
| 129. The Cabin Chapter 129 | In | In | In |
| 130. The Hat Chapter 130 | In | In | In |
| 131. The Pequod Meets the Delight Chapter 131 | In | In | In |
| 132. The Symphony Chapter 132 | In | In | In |
| 133. The Chase—First Day Chapter 133 | In | In | In |
| 134. The Chase—Second Day Chapter 134 | In | In | In |
| 135. The Chase—Third Day Chapter 135 | In | In | In |
| Epilogue Epilogue | In | In | In |