White-Jacket

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# White-Jacket ## Overview "White-Jacket" is a novel, comprising 15,334 lines of text. It was extracted from the file `white_jacket.txt` and is part of the "Melville Complete Works" collection. ## Context This novel was extracted from the file `white_jacket.txt` and is a component of the larger collection titled "[Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW)". The novel itself contains an introduction and numerous chapters, each detailing various aspects of life aboard a man-of-war. ## Contents The novel is structured into an introduction and 93 chapters. These chapters cover a wide range of topics related to naval life, including: * **Shipboard Society:** Descriptions of the quarter-deck officers, warrant officers, and berth-deck underlings, their living conditions, social standing, and general character. * **Daily Life and Routines:** Details about meals, wash-days, house-cleaning, and leisure activities such as theatricals and gambling. * **Naval Operations and Discipline:** Accounts of training, ceremonies, the articles of war, and the consequences of infractions, including flogging. * **Character Studies:** Portrayals of individuals like Jack Chase, Nord, Williams, and the ship's surgeon, as well as discussions on the nature of men-of-war's men. * **Specific Incidents and Observations:** Narratives about events such as a man-of-war race, a consultation of surgeons, the handling of the sick in the hospital, and the burial of a sailor at sea. * **Social Commentary:** Reflections on the social state within the navy, the manning of navies, and the impact of various duties and stations on the crew's temperament.

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White-Jacket

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White-Jacket