Mardi, and a voyage thither, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Herman Melville

"Mardi: and a Voyage Thither" by Herman Melville is a novel published in 1849. Melville's first purely fictional work begins as a South Pacific adventure when an American sailor abandons his whaling vessel. The narrative transforms unexpectedly—from escape story to romance when the narrator encounters a mysterious woman, then into a philosophical quest through an allegorical archipelago. As the woman vanishes, the search becomes a vehicle for exploring political structures, religious practices, and fundamental questions about truth, certainty, and existence itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
Title Mardi, and a voyage thither, Vol. 1 (of 2)
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardi
Credits Geoff Palmer
Reading Level Reading ease score: 67.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Polynesia -- Description and travel -- Fiction
Subject Adventure stories
Category Text
EBook-No. 13720
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Most Recently Updated Oct 28, 2024
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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