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Ahab's wife, or, The star-gazer : a novel
Naslund, Sena Jeter.
Adult Fiction NASLUND
Naslund, Sena Jeter.
Adult Fiction NASLUND
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| Contents | Page |
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| List of Illustrations | p. xvi |
| Extracts | p. xvii |
| 1 - A Mild Blue Day | p. 1 |
| 2 - The Dirge | p. 10 |
| 3 - The Crossing | p. 13 |
| 4 - Reverie | p. 17 |
| 5 - The Window | p. 20 |
| 6 - The Steamboat | p. 23 |
| 7 - The Paddlewheel | p. 28 |
| 8 - The Island | p. 29 |
| 9 - A Diffieult Farewell | p. 36 |
| 10 - The Giant | p. 40 |
| 11 - Winters. Summers | p. 45 |
| 12 - New Bedford | p. 52 |
| 13 - Boston | p. 59 |
| 14 - The Petrel | p. 65 |
| 15 - A Storm at Night | p. 77 |
| 16 - The Brightness of Brightness | p. 89 |
| 17 - A Rose | p. 97 |
| 18 - Our Lady of the Roeks | p. 99 |
| 19 - The Return of the Petrel, with Three Letters | p. 108 |
| 20 - A Comb | p. 115 |
| 21 - The Fourth Letter | p. 117 |
| 22 - The Camel | p. 123 |
| 23 - The Sea-Faney Inn | p. 128 |
| 24 - The Sussex | p. 136 |
| 25 - The Cabin Boy | p. 142 |
| 26 - The Companion | p. 151 |
| 27 - Captain Coffin's Story--Secondhand | p. 158 |
| 28 - A Whaleboat by Moonlight | p. 165 |
| 29 - Captain Morrell's Story--Thirdhand | p. 168 |
| 30 - Captain Ahab's Story--My First Acquaintance with Him | p. 173 |
| 31 - Aloft | p. 178 |
| 32 - "Pardon Me" | p. 181 |
| 33 - Reunion | p. 185 |
| 34 - Revelation | p. 190 |
| 35 - Sea Storms | p. 192 |
| 36 - The Frost Wind | p. 198 |
| 37 - Collision | p. 201 |
| 38 - The Course | p. 209 |
| 39 - The Distance of the Stars | p. 212 |
| 40 - The Sentence | p. 217 |
| 41 - What Do You Fetch for Your Mouth? | p. 218 |
| 42 - The Beginning of the Debate | p. 222 |
| 43 - Father and Son | p. 224 |
| 44 - The Human Animal | p. 225 |
| 45 - The Alba Albatross | p. 225 |
| 46 - Ganglion | p. 231 |
| 47 - Postscript on the Above | p. 233 |
| 48 - Soaring | p. 233 |
| 49 - Portrait of a Virgin Listening | p. 235 |
| 50 - Icarus | p. 236 |
| 51 - The Test | p. 242 |
| 52 - The Funeral | p. 244 |
| 53 - The Contest | p. 246 |
| 54 - I Am Married | p. 249 |
| 55 - Aboard the Pequod | p. 253 |
| 56 - The Hurricane House | p. 259 |
| 57 - Ahab's Jottings | p. 261 |
| 58 - Kit's Ruminations | p. 262 |
| 59 - Starbuck Introduces Himself | p. 263 |
| 60 - Ahab Overheard | p. 264 |
| 61 - A Letter to the Lighthouse | p. 265 |
| 62 - Poor Kit's a-Cold | p. 267 |
| 63 - Arctic | p. 268 |
| 64 - Ahab in His Cabin | p. 277 |
| 65 - Aloft, the Pequod | p. 279 |
| 66 - Starbuck: Ship's Log | p. 283 |
| 67 - Starbuck Communes with Mary, His Wife | p. 284 |
| 68 - In the Steward's Pantry | p. 288 |
| 69 - Ahab's Comfort | p. 289 |
| 70 - Nantucket--the Faraway Isle | p. 292 |
| 71 - Ahab Prepares for the Next Voyage | p. 300 |
| 72 - Breakfast | p. 311 |
| 73 - Shame | p. 314 |
| 74 - B'twixt | p. 318 |
| 75 - Enter: The Gaoler and the Judge | p. 325 |
| 76 - On the Moor | p. 330 |
| 77 - A Slow Spring | p. 334 |
| 78 - Churches | p. 337 |
| 79 - Baptismal | p. 344 |
| 80 - Fire | p. 352 |
| 81 - Ahab Addresses the Flames | p. 356 |
| 82 - Ahab's Wife | p. 358 |
| 83 - A Sky Full of Angels | p. 362 |
| 84 - Resurrection | p. 366 |
| 85 - The Purpose of Art | p. 370 |
| 86 - The Office of a Friend | p. 380 |
| 87 - Childhood as an Island | p. 386 |
| 88 - The World of Rebekkah Swain | p. 389 |
| 89 - Kentucky Seasons | p. 392 |
| 90 - A Winter Tale | p. 402 |
| 91 - The Burden | p. 405 |
| 92 - The Lontern | p. 410 |
| 93 - Shakespeare and Company | p. 415 |
| 94 - The Guide | p. 420 |
| 95 - Getting Started | p. 425 |
| 96 - Forest Murmurs | p. 427 |
| 97 - In the Cupola | p. 440 |
| 98 - To Summer | p. 450 |
| 99 - Wife | p. 457 |
| 100 - The Mitchells | p. 458 |
| 101 - Vestal Street | p. 462 |
| 102 - Ahab | p. 469 |
| 103 - From Cupola to Wharf | p. 470 |
| 104 - Idyll | p. 473 |
| 105 - The Comet | p. 480 |
| 106 - Frannie's Letter from an Inland Lighthouse | p. 483 |
| 107 - An Angry Letter from Aunt Agatha | p. 485 |
| 108 - Letter to an Inland Lighthouse | p. 487 |
| 109 - The Minister in the Woods | p. 488 |
| 110 - The History of Snow and Restlessness | p. 497 |
| 111 - Altar Rock | p. 499 |
| 112 - Mothering | p. 501 |
| 113 - Chowder Swirls | p. 505 |
| 114 - The Birthing Room | p. 508 |
| 115 - The Leg | p. 510 |
| 116 - Christmas Eve | p. 513 |
| 117 - A Last Glimpse of the Pequod: Christmas Day | p. 516 |
| 118 - The Jeroboam Returns | p. 519 |
| 119 - The First Part of Ahab's Third Voyage After His Marriage | p. 524 |
| 120 - Moon Watch | p. 529 |
| 121 - Letter from Susan | p. 533 |
| 122 - The Samuel Enderby of London Puts in for Repairs at Nantucket | p. 538 |
| 123 - The Distress of Justice | p. 542 |
| 124 - To Siasconset | p. 546 |
| 125 - The Hedge | p. 550 |
| 126 - Journey Toward the Starry Sky, in Present Tense | p. 553 |
| 127 - Sconset Morning | p. 559 |
| 128 - More of Morning: Tashtego's Feather Makes the Letter S | p. 560 |
| 129 - The Neighbor Beyond the Hedge | p. 562 |
| 130 - The Roar of Guilt | p. 569 |
| 131 - The Return of the Delight | p. 572 |
| 132 - The Perseid | p. 580 |
| 133 - The Woolsack | p. 582 |
| 134 - Letter from Margaret Fuller, from England | p. 589 |
| 135 - Letter from David Poland, Virginia | p. 592 |
| 136 - Letter to Beloved Kin | p. 593 |
| 137 - Letter from Margaret Fuller, from Italy | p. 594 |
| 138 - The Judge's Invitation | p. 596 |
| 139 - Mrs. Maynard's Note | p. 597 |
| 140 - Preparations | p. 598 |
| 141 - Frannie | p. 599 |
| 142 - Liberty and the Dolphins | p. 611 |
| 143 - A Suitable Marriage | p. 615 |
| 144 - What Has Proved to Be a Last Visit | p. 616 |
| 145 - A Song | p. 618 |
| 146 - A Squeeze of the Hand | p. 620 |
| 147 - Una Preaches to the Waves | p. 622 |
| 148 - The Great Fire: June 1846 | p. 623 |
| 149 - Reflections on a Wreek | p. 625 |
| 150 - During the Pleasure Party | p. 629 |
| 151 - Celestial | p. 636 |
| 152 - A New Friend | p. 637 |
| 153 - A Sermon Overheard | p. 641 |
| 154 - Plans | p. 647 |
| 155 - Recitation by Beach Fire | p. 649 |
| 156 - Letter from Susan, Forwarded | p. 655 |
| 157 - The Roof Walk | p. 661 |
| Epilogue | p. 664 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 667 |
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