Melville, Herman,  1819-1891 <br/><br/>
Mardi, and a voyage thither, Vol. 1 (of 2) 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardi  Release date is 2004-10-12 
<br/><br/>Geoff Palmer  Geoff Palmer 
<br/><br/> "Mardi: and a Voyage Thither" by Herman Melville is a novel published in 1849. Melville's first purely fictional work begins as a South Pacific adventure when an American sailor abandons his whaling vessel. The narrative transforms unexpectedly—from escape story to romance when the narrator encounters a mysterious woman, then into a philosophical quest through an allegorical archipelago. As the woman vanishes, the search becomes a vehicle for exploring political structures, religious practices, and fundamental questions about truth, certainty, and existence itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Polynesia -- Description and travel -- Fiction Adventure stories 
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