Mardi: and a Voyage Thither

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Author

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891

Title

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

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Geoff Palmer

Language

English

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PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

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Adventure stories

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13720

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Contents

1. 1.MARDI: AND A VOYAGE THITHER — By Herman Melville — In Two Volumes — Vol. I — 1864
2. 2.DEDICATED TO My Brother, ALLAN MELVILLE.
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.PREFACE
5. 5.MARDI
6. 6.CHAPTER I. Foot In Stirrup
7. 7.CHAPTER II. A Calm
8. 8.CHAPTER III. A King For A Comrade
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. A Chat In The Clouds
10. 10.CHAPTER V. Seats Secured And Portmanteaus Packed
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. Eight Bells
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. A Pause
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. They Push Off, Velis Et Remis
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. The Watery World Is All Before Them
15. 15.CHAPTER X. They Arrange Their Canopies And Lounges, And Try To Make Things Comfortable
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. Jarl Afflicted With The Lockjaw
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. More About Being In An Open Boat
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. Of The Chondropterygii, And Other Uncouth Hordes Infesting The South Seas
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. Jarl’s Misgivings
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. A Stitch In Time Saves Nine
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. They Are Becalmed
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. In High Spirits, They Push On For The Terra Incognita
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. My Lord Shark And His Pages
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. Who Goes There?
25. 25.CHAPTER XX. Noises And Portents
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. Man Ho!
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII. What Befel The Brigantine At The Pearl Shell Islands
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII. Sailing From The Island They Pillage The Cabin
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV. Dedicated To The College Of Physicians And Surgeons
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV. Peril A Peace-Maker
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI. Containing A Pennyweight Of Philosophy
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII. In Which The Past History Of The Parki Is Concluded
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII. Suspicions Laid, And Something About The Calmuc
34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX. What They Lighted Upon In Further Searching The Craft, And The Resolution They Came To
35. 35.CHAPTER XXX. Hints For A Full Length Of Samoa
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI. Rovings Alow And Aloft
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII. Xiphius Platypterus
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII. Otard
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV. How They Steered On Their Way
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV. Ah, Annatoo!
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVI. The Parki Gives Up The Ghost
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVII. Once More They Take To The Chamois
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVIII. The Sea On Fire
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXIX. They Fall In With Strangers
45. 45.CHAPTER XL. Sire And Sons
46. 46.CHAPTER XLI. A Fray
47. 47.CHAPTER XLII. Remorse
48. 48.CHAPTER XLIII. The Tent Entered
49. 49.CHAPTER XLIV. Away!
50. 50.CHAPTER XLV. Reminiscences
51. 51.CHAPTER XLVI. The Chamois With A Roving Commission
52. 52.CHAPTER XLVII. Yillah, Jarl, And Samoa
53. 53.CHAPTER XLVIII. Something Under The Surface
54. 54.CHAPTER XLIX. Yillah
55. 55.CHAPTER L. Yillah In Ardair
56. 56.CHAPTER LI. The Dream Begins To Fade
57. 57.CHAPTER LII. World Ho!
58. 58.CHAPTER LIII. The Chamois Ashore
59. 59.CHAPTER LIV. A Gentleman From The Sun
60. 60.CHAPTER LV. Tiffin In A Temple
61. 61.CHAPTER LVI. King Media A Host
62. 62.CHAPTER LVII. Taji Takes Counsel With Himself
63. 63.CHAPTER LVIII. Mardi By Night And Yillah By Day
64. 64.CHAPTER LIX. Their Morning Meal
65. 65.CHAPTER LX. Belshazzar On The Bench
66. 66.CHAPTER LXI. An Incognito
67. 67.CHAPTER LXII. Taji Retires From The World
68. 68.CHAPTER LXIII. Odo And Its Lord
69. 69.CHAPTER LXIV. Yillah A Phantom
70. 70.CHAPTER LXV. Taji Makes Three Acquaintances
71. 71.CHAPTER LXVI. With A Fair Wind, At Sunrise They Sail
72. 72.CHAPTER LXVII. Little King Peepi
73. 73.CHAPTER LXVIII. How Teeth Were Regarded In Valapee
74. 74.CHAPTER LXIX. The Company Discourse, And Braid-Beard Rehearses A Legend
75. 75.CHAPTER LXX. The Minstrel Leads Off With A Paddle-Song; And A Message Is Received From Abroad
76. 76.CHAPTER LXXI. They Land Upon The Island Of Juam
77. 77.CHAPTER LXXII. A Book From The Chronicles Of Mohi
78. 78.CHAPTER LXXIII. Something More Of The Prince
79. 79.CHAPTER LXXIV. Advancing Deeper Into The Vale, They Encounter Donjalolo
80. 80.CHAPTER LXXV. Time And Temples
81. 81.CHAPTER LXXVI. A Pleasant Place For A Lounge
82. 82.CHAPTER LXXVII. The House Of The Afternoon
83. 83.CHAPTER LXXVIII. Babbalanja Solus
84. 84.CHAPTER LXXIX. The Center Of Many Circumferences
85. 85.CHAPTER LXXX. Donjalolo In The Bosom Of His Family
86. 86.CHAPTER LXXXI. Wherein Babbalanja Relates The Adventure Of One Karkeke In The Land Of Shades
87. 87.CHAPTER LXXXII. How Donjalolo, Sent Agents To The Surrounding Isles; With The Result
88. 88.CHAPTER LXXXIII. They Visit The Tributary Islets
89. 89.CHAPTER LXXXIV. Taji Sits Down To Dinner With Five-And-Twenty Kings, And A Royal Time They Have
90. 90.CHAPTER LXXXV. After Dinner
91. 91.CHAPTER LXXXVI. Of Those Scamps The Plujii
92. 92.CHAPTER LXXXVII. Nora-Bamma
93. 93.CHAPTER LXXXVIII. In A Calm, Hautia’s Heralds Approach
94. 94.CHAPTER LXXXIX. Braid-Beard Rehearses The Origin Of The Isle Of Rogues
95. 95.CHAPTER XC. Rare Sport At Ohonoo
96. 96.CHAPTER XCI. Of King Uhia And His Subjects
97. 97.CHAPTER XCII. The God Keevi And The Precipice Of Mondo
98. 98.CHAPTER XCIII. Babbalanja Steps In Between Mohi And Yoomy; And Yoomy Relates A Legend
99. 99.CHAPTER XCIV. Of That Jolly Old Lord, Borabolla; And That Jolly Island Of His, Mondoldo; And Of The Fish-Ponds, And The Hereafters Of Fish
100. 100.CHAPTER XCV. That Jolly Old Lord Borabolla Laughs On Both Sides Of His Face
101. 101.CHAPTER XCVI. Samoa A Surgeon
102. 102.CHAPTER XCVII. Faith And Knowledge
103. 103.CHAPTER XCVIII. The Tale Of A Traveler
104. 104.CHAPTER XCIX. “Marnee Ora, Ora Marnee”
105. 105.CHAPTER C. The Pursuer Himself Is Pursued
106. 106.CHAPTER CI. The Iris
107. 107.CHAPTER CII. They Depart From Mondoldo
108. 108.CHAPTER CIII. As They Sail
109. 109.CHAPTER CIV. Wherein Babbalanja Broaches A Diabolical Theory, And In His Own Person Proves It — END OF VOL. I.

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