Mardi and a Voyage Thither, Volume 3Presented as narratives of his own South Sea experiences, Melville's first two books had roused incredulity in many readers. Their disbelief, he declared, had been "the main inducement" in altering his plan for his third book, Mardi: and a Voyage Thither (1849). Melville wanted to exploit the "rich poetical material" of Polynesia and also to escape feeling "irked, cramped, & fettered" by a narrative of facts. "I began to feel . . . a longing to plume my pinions for a flight," he told his English publisher. Mardi began as a sequel to Typee (1846) and Omoo (1847), but changed radically while he was writing it and emerged as an altogether independent and original work. In its combination of adventure, allegorical romance, realistic portraits of characters and scenes from nature, philosophical speculation, and travelogue-satire, Mardi was Melville's first attempt to create a great work of fiction. This edition of is an Approved Text of the Center for Editions of American Authors (Modern Language Association of America). |
Contents
Foot in Stirrup | 3 |
A Chat in the Clouds | 16 |
My Lord Shark and his Pages | 19 |
Eight Bells | 22 |
Dedicated to the College of Physicians and Surgeons | 26 |
The Watery World is all before Them | 29 |
Chapter | 33 |
Jarl afflicted with the Lockjaw | 35 |
Chapter 105 | 323 |
They pass through the Woods | 330 |
They visit the Lake of Yammo | 343 |
Mohi tells of one Ravoo and they land to visit Hevaneva | 351 |
Landing to visit Hivohitee the Pontiff they encounter an | 358 |
Chapter 119 | 366 |
They visit an extraordinary old Antiquary | 378 |
Babbalanja quotes from an antique Pagan and earnestly presses | 387 |
Chapter | 40 |
Jarls Misgivings | 43 |
Chapter | 48 |
Chapter | 108 |
Chapter | 137 |
Away | 139 |
Chapter | 143 |
Yillah Jarl and Samoa | 146 |
A Gentleman from the | 165 |
They round the stormy Cape of Capes | 166 |
King Media a Host | 171 |
Mardi by Night and Yillah by | 178 |
An Incognito | 186 |
Yillah a Phantom | 193 |
How Teeth were regarded in Valapee | 205 |
The Minstrel leads off with a PaddleSong and a Message | 213 |
Chapter 72 A Book from the Chronicles of Mohi | 219 |
Advancing deeper into the Vale they encounter Donjalolo | 225 |
A pleasant Place for a Lounge | 231 |
Chapter 79 | 239 |
Wherein Babbalanja relates the Adventure of one Karkeke in the | 245 |
They visit the Tributary Islets | 251 |
After Dinner | 260 |
In a Calm Hautias Heralds approach | 267 |
Of King Uhia and his Subjects | 275 |
Of that jolly old Lord Borabolla and that jolly Island of his | 285 |
Samoa a Surgeon | 294 |
Marnee Ora Ora Marnee | 300 |
Wherein Babbalanja broaches a diabolical Theory and in his | 316 |
Yoomy sings some odd Verses and Babbalanja quotes from | 393 |
Chapter 128 | 401 |
A Receptionday at Pimminee | 408 |
Chapter 132 | 414 |
Chapter 134 | 422 |
Dominora and Vivenza | 471 |
Through Dominora they wander after Yillah | 478 |
Wherein Babbalanja bows thrice | 484 |
They sail round an Island without landing and talk round | 491 |
They draw nigh to Porpheero where they behold a terrific Eruption | 497 |
In which Azzageddi seems to use Babbalanja for a Mouthpiece | 503 |
The charming Yoomy sings | 509 |
Wherein Babbalanja comments upon the Speech of Alanno | 519 |
Chapter 162 | 531 |
Chapter 164 | 539 |
Concentric inward with Mardis Reef they leave their Wake | 551 |
A flight of Nightingales from Yoomys Mouth | 558 |
King Media dreams | 565 |
Chapter 177 At last the last Mention is made of old Bardianna and His last | 582 |
They visit the palmy King Abrazza | 588 |
They | 603 |
They embark | 610 |
Chapter 185 | 617 |
Babbalanja relates to them a Vision | 632 |
They meet the Phantoms | 640 |
Chapter 193 | 647 |
Taji with Hautia | 650 |
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Common terms and phrases
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