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Mardi Vol. 1

Herman Melville (1819 - 1891)

"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" (Herman Melville, Preface).

Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, Nautical & Marine Fiction

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	000 Preface	Ecological Humanist	00:01:15
Play 01	001 Foot in Stirrup	Ecological Humanist	00:30:43
Play 02	002 A Calm	Ecological Humanist	00:04:36
Play 03	003 A King for a Comrade	Ecological Humanist	00:12:39
Play 04	004 A Chat in the Clouds	Ecological Humanist	00:06:09
Play 05	005 Seats secured and Portmanteaus packed	Ecological Humanist	00:05:55
Play 06	006 Eight Bells	Ecological Humanist	00:04:41
Play 07	007 A Pause	Ecological Humanist	00:02:38
Play 08	008 They push off, Velis et Remis	Ecological Humanist	00:06:32
Play 09	009 The Watery World is all before Them	Ecological Humanist	00:05:04
Play 10	010 They arrange their Canopies and Lounges, and try to make Things comfortable	Ecological Humanist	00:05:09
Play 11	011 Jarl afflicted with the Lockjaw	Ecological Humanist	00:03:30
Play 12	012 More about being in an open Boat	Ecological Humanist	00:02:52
Play 13	013 Of the Chondropterygii, and other uncouth Hordes infesting the South Seas	Ecological Humanist	00:10:52
Play 14	014 Jarl's Misgivings	Ecological Humanist	00:06:08
Play 15	015 A Stitch in Time saves Nine	Ecological Humanist	00:02:55
Play 16	016 They are Becalmed	Ecological Humanist	00:06:20
Play 17	017 In high Spirits they push on for the Terra Incognita	Ecological Humanist	00:03:17
Play 18	018 My Lord Shark and his Pages	Ecological Humanist	00:05:00
Play 19	019 Who goes there?	Ecological Humanist	00:13:20
Play 20	020 Noises and Portents	Ecological Humanist	00:06:02
Play 21	021 Man ho!	Ecological Humanist	00:04:47
Play 22	022 What befel the Brigantine at the Pearl Shell Islands	Ecological Humanist	00:13:16
Play 23	023 Sailing from the Island they pillage the Cabin	Ecological Humanist	00:05:31
Play 24	024 Dedicated to the College of Physicians and Surgeons	Ecological Humanist	00:05:34
Play 25	025 Peril a Peace-maker	Ecological Humanist	00:05:55
Play 26	026 Containing a Pennyweight of Philosophy	Ecological Humanist	00:03:10
Play 27	027 In which the past History of the Parki is concluded	Ecological Humanist	00:08:09
Play 28	028 Suspicions laid, and something about the Calmuc	Ecological Humanist	00:10:25
Play 29	029 What they lighted upon in further searching the Craft, and the Resolution they came to	Ecological Humanist	00:12:27
Play 30	030 Hints for a full length of Samoa	Ecological Humanist	00:04:02
Play 31	031 Rovings Alow and Aloft	Ecological Humanist	00:06:44
Play 32	032 Xiphius Platypterus	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:06:55
Play 33	033 Otard	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:03:50
Play 34	034 How they steered on their Way	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:10:18
Play 35	035 Ah, Annatoo!	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:06:11
Play 36	036 The Parki gives up the Ghost	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:05:39
Play 37	037 Once more they take to the Chamois	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:03:32
Play 38	038 The Sea on Fire	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:07:47
Play 39	039 They fall in with Strangers	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:10:33
Play 40	040 Sire and Sons	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:03:24
Play 41	041 A Fray	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:06:09
Play 42	042 Remorse	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:03:53
Play 43	043 The Tent entered	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:05:35
Play 44	044 Away!	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:06:54
Play 45	045 Reminiscences	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:03:07
Play 46	046 The Chamois with a roving Commission	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:03:54
Play 47	047 Yillah, Jarl, and Samoa	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:03:54
Play 48	048 Something under the Surface	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:07:24
Play 49	049 Yillah	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:03:26
Play 50	050 Yillah in Ardair	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:08:36
Play 51	051 The Dream begins to fade	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:03:11
Play 52	052 World ho!	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:05:56
Play 53	053 The Chamois Ashore	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:04:13
Play 54	054 A Gentleman from the Sun	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:05:20
Play 55	055 Tiffin in a Temple	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:06:04
Play 56	056 King Media a Host	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:05:31
Play 57	057 Taji takes Counsel with himself	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:08:22
Play 58	058 Mardi by Night and Yillah by Day	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:03:22
Play 59	059 Their Morning Meal	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:04:07
Play 60	060 Belshazzar on the Bench	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:08:34
Play 61	061 An incognito	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:04:05
Play 62	062 Taji retires from the World	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:03:49
Play 63	063 Odo and its Lord	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:07:25
Play 64	064 Yillah a Phantom	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:04:47
Play 65	065 Taji makes three Acquaintances	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:04:49
Play 66	066 With a fair Wind at Sunrise they sail	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:04:47
Play 67	067 Little King Peepi	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:07:49
Play 68	068 How Teeth were regarded in Valapee	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:05:12
Play 69	069 The Company discourse, and Braid-Beard rehearses a Legend	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:11:04
Play 70	070 the Minstrel leads off with a Paddle-Song; and a Message is received from Abroad	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:04:14
Play 71	072 A Book from the Chronicles of Mohi	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:09:57
Play 72	073 Something more of the Prince	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:02:15
Play 73	074 Advancing deeper into the Vale, they encounter Donjalolo	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:05:50
Play 74	071 They land upon the Island of Juam	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:04:54
Play 75	075 Time and Temples	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:06:23
Play 76	076 A pleasant Place for a Lounge	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:03:23
Play 77	077 The House of the Afternoon	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:05:37
Play 78	078 Babbalanja solus	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:06:20
Play 79	079 The Center of Many Circumferences	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:02:29
Play 80	080 Donjalolo in the Bosom of his Family	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:08:52
Play 81	081 Wherein Babbalanja relates the Adventure of one Karkeke in the Land of Shades	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:05:39
Play 82	082 How Donjalolo sent Agents to the surrounding Isles; with the Result	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:05:29
Play 83	083 They visit the Tributary Islets	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:02:37
Play 84	084 Taji sits down to Dinner with five-and-twenty Kings, and a royal Time they have	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:18:04
Play 85	085 After Dinner	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:03:37
Play 86	086 Of those Scamps the Plujii	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:05:26
Play 87	087 Nora-Bamma	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:02:21
Play 88	088 In a Calm, Hautia's Heralds approach	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:02:42
Play 89	089 Braid-Beard rehearses the Origin of the Isle of Rogues	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:05:25
Play 90	090 Rare Sport at Ohonoo	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:05:13
Play 91	091 Of King Uhia and his Subjects	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:03:59
Play 92	092 The God Keevi and the Precipice of Mondo	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:04:29
Play 93	093 Babbalanja steps in between Mohi and Yoomy; and Yoomy relates a Legend	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:10:14
Play 94	094 Of that jolly old Lord, Borabolla; and that jolly Island of his, Mondoldo; and of the Fish-ponds, and the Hereafters of Fish	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:12:13
Play 95	095 That jolly old Lord Borabolla laughs on both Sides of his Face	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:07:42
Play 96	096 Samoa a Surgeon	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:04:13
Play 97	097 Faith and Knowledge	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:03:34
Play 98	098 The Tale of a Traveler	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:03:07
Play 99	099 ''Marnee Ora, Ora Marnee.''	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:09:23
Play 100	100 The Pursuer himself is pursued	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:08:57
Play 101	101 The Iris	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:01:51
Play 102	102 They depart from Mondoldo	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:03:30
Play 103	103 As they sail	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:04:03
Play 104	104 Wherein Babbalanja broaches a diabolical Theory, and in his own Person proves it	Gail Timmerman Vaughan	00:07:51

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