01627cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000330011324500470014626400510019330000470024433600260029133700260031733800360034350000720037950000310045150800170048252006240049953400450112365300510116865300220121985600430124199900170128413720UtSlPG20260610133326.0mcr n260607r2004||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aMelville, Herman,d1819-189110aMardi, and a voyage thither, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2004  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardi  aRelease date is 2004-10-12  aGeoff Palmer  a"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.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aPolynesia -- Description and travel -- Fiction  aAdventure stories40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13720  c55108d55108