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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aMelville, Herman,
_d1819-1891
245 1 0 _aMardi, and a voyage thither, Vol. 1 (of 2)
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2004
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardi
500 _aRelease date is 2004-10-12
508 _aGeoff Palmer
520 _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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aPolynesia -- Description and travel -- Fiction
653 _aAdventure stories
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13720
999 _c55108
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