Audiobooks Action & Adventure Fiction Mardi Vol. 1 098 The Tale of a Traveler

Mardi Vol. 1

by Herman MELVILLE (1819 - 1891)

098 The Tale of a Traveler

Mardi Vol. 1

"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).

Listen next episodes of Mardi Vol. 1:
099 ''Marnee Ora, Ora Marnee.'' , 100 The Pursuer himself is pursued , 101 The Iris , 102 They depart from Mondoldo , 103 As they sail , 104 Wherein Babbalanja broaches a diabolical Theory, and in his own Person proves it