It starts with an etymology, followed by a short lamentation by a sub- sub-librarian, then quotes from Genesis, Job, Jonah, Psalms, Isaiah, and seventy-one other sources. Its chapter titles include The Symphony, The Crotch, The Ramadan, Queen Mab, The Sphynx, The Doubloon, The Forge, The Candles, The Musket, and The Castaway. FTP, identify this 185
It starts with an etymology, followed by a short lamentation by a sub- sub-librarian, then quotes from Genesis, Job, Jonah, Psalms, Isaiah, and seventy-one other sources. Its chapter titles include The Symphony, The Crotch, The Ramadan, Queen Mab, The Sphynx, The Doubloon, The Forge, The Candles, The Musket, and The Castaway. FTP, identify this 1851 novel dedicated to Nathaniel Hawthorne whose first words are not actually "Call me Ishmael."
It starts with an etymology, followed by a short lamentation by a sub- sub-librarian, then quotes from Genesis, Job, Jonah, Psalms, Isaiah, and seventy-one other sources.
{Moby-Dick}