Ahab's wife, or, The star-gazer : a novel / by Sena Jeter Naslund ; illustrations by Christopher Wormell.
| Author/creator | Naslund, Sena Jeter |
| Other author | Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st Perennial ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : HarperCollins, ©2000. |
| Description | xix, 668 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Star-gazer |
| Contents | Mild blue day -- Dirge -- Crossing -- Reverie -- Window -- Steamboat -- Paddlewheel -- Island -- Difficult farewell -- Giant -- Winter, summers -- New Bedford -- Boston -- Petrel -- Storm at night -- Brightness of brightness -- Rose -- Our lady of the rocks -- Return of the Petrel, with three letters -- Comb -- Fourth letter -- Camel -- Sea-Fancy inn -- Sussex -- Cabin boy -- Companion -- Captain Coffins' story-secondhand -- Whaleboat by moonlight -- Captain Morrell's story-thirdhand -- Captain Ahab's story-my first acquaintance with him -- Aloft -- "Pardon me" -- Reunion -- Revelation -- Sea storms -- Frost wind -- Collision -- Course -- Distance of the stars -- Sentence -- What do you fetch for your mouth? -- Beginning of the debate -- Father and son -- Human animal -- Alba Albatross -- Ganglion -- Postscript on the above -- Soaring -- Portrait of a virgin listening -- Icarus -- Test -- Funeral -- Contest -- I am married -- Aboard the Pequod -- Hurricane house -- Ahab's jottings -- Kit's ruminations -- Starbuck introduces himself -- Ahab overheard -- Letter to the lighthouse -- Poor Kit's a-cold -- Arctic -- Ahab in his cabin -- Aloft, the Pequod -- Starbuck: ship's log -- Starbuck communes with Mary, his wife -- In the steward's pantry -- Ahab's comfort -- Nantucket-the faraway isle -- Ahab prepares for the next voyage -- Breakfast -- Shame -- B'twixt -- Enter: the gaoler and the judge -- On the moor -- Slow spring -- Churches -- Baptismal -- Fire -- Ahab addresses the flames -- Ahab's wife -- Sky full of angels -- Resurrection -- Purpose of art -- Office of a friend -- Childhood as an island -- World of Rebekkah Swain -- Kentucky seasons -- Winter tale -- Burden -- Lantern -- Shakespeare and company -- Guide -- Getting started -- Forest murmurs -- In the Cupola -- To summer -- Wife -- Mitchells -- Vestal street -- Ahab -- From Cupola to Wharf -- Idyll -- Comet -- Frannie's letter from an inland lighthouse -- Angry letter from Aunt Agatha -- Letter to an inland lighthouse -- Minister in the woods -- History of snow and restlessness -- Altar rock -- Mothering -- Chowder swirls -- Birthing room -- Leg -- Christmas Eve -- Last glimpse of the Pequod: Christmas Day -- Jeroboam returns -- First part of Ahab's third voyage after his marriage -- Moon watch -- Letter from Susan -- Samuel Enderby of London puts in for repairs at Nantucket -- Distress of justice -- To Siasconset -- Hedge -- Journey toward the starry sky, in present tense -- "Sconset morning -- More of morning: Tashtego's feather makes the letter S -- Neighbor beyond the hedge -- roar of guilt -- Return of the Delight -- Perseid -- Woolsack -- Letter from Margaret Fuller, from England -- Letter from David Poland, Virginia -- Letter to beloved kin -- Letter from Margaret Fuller, from Italy -- Judge's invitation -- Mrs. Maynard's note -- Preparations -- Frannie -- Liberty and the dolphins -- Suitable marriage -- What has proved to be a last visit -- Song -- Squeeze of the hand -- Una preaches to the waves -- Great fire: June 1846 -- Reflections on a wreck -- During the pleasure party -- Celestial -- New friend -- Sermon overheard -- Plans -- Recitation by beach fire -- Letter from Susan, forwarded -- Roof walk. |
| General note | A novel inspired by Herman Melville's Moby Dick. |
| Genre/form | Historical fiction. |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS3564.A827 A76 2000 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |