Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I (of 2)
READING AGE 16+
(1849)
Dedicated to My Brother, ALLAN MELVILLE.
Preface:
Not long ago, having published two narratives of voyages in the Pacific, which, in many quarters, were received with incredulity, the thought occurred to me, of indeed writing a romance of Polynesian adventure, and publishing it as such; to see whether, the fiction might not, possibly, be received for a verity: in some degree the reverse of my previous experience. This thought was the germ of others, which have resulted in Mardi. New York, January, 1849.
Unfold
Wherein Babbalanja Broaches A Diabolical Theory, And, In His Own
Person, Proves It
"A truce!" cried Media, "here comes a gallant before the wind.--
Look, Taji!"
Turning, we descried a sharp-prowed canoe, dashing on, under the
pressure of an immense triangular sail, whose outer edges were
streaming with long, c……
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