Mardi Vol. 1
Herman Melville
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"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). (10 hr 46 min)
Chapters
| 000 Preface | 1:15 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 001 Foot in Stirrup | 30:43 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 002 A Calm | 4:36 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 003 A King for a Comrade | 12:39 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 004 A Chat in the Clouds | 6:09 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 005 Seats secured and Portmanteaus packed | 5:55 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 006 Eight Bells | 4:41 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 007 A Pause | 2:38 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 008 They push off, Velis et Remis | 6:32 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 009 The Watery World is all before Them | 5:04 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 010 They arrange their Canopies and Lounges, and try to make Things comfortable | 5:09 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 011 Jarl afflicted with the Lockjaw | 3:30 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 012 More about being in an open Boat | 2:52 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 013 Of the Chondropterygii, and other uncouth Hordes infesting the South Seas | 10:52 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 014 Jarl's Misgivings | 6:08 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 015 A Stitch in Time saves Nine | 2:55 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 016 They are Becalmed | 6:20 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 017 In high Spirits they push on for the Terra Incognita | 3:17 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 018 My Lord Shark and his Pages | 5:00 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 019 Who goes there? | 13:20 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 020 Noises and Portents | 6:02 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 021 Man ho! | 4:47 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 022 What befel the Brigantine at the Pearl Shell Islands | 13:16 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 023 Sailing from the Island they pillage the Cabin | 5:31 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 024 Dedicated to the College of Physicians and Surgeons | 5:34 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 025 Peril a Peace-maker | 5:55 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 026 Containing a Pennyweight of Philosophy | 3:10 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 027 In which the past History of the Parki is concluded | 8:09 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 028 Suspicions laid, and something about the Calmuc | 10:25 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 029 What they lighted upon in further searching the Craft, and the Resolution t… | 12:27 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 030 Hints for a full length of Samoa | 4:02 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 031 Rovings Alow and Aloft | 6:44 | Read by Ecological Humanist |
| 032 Xiphius Platypterus | 6:55 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 033 Otard | 3:50 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 034 How they steered on their Way | 10:18 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 035 Ah, Annatoo! | 6:11 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 036 The Parki gives up the Ghost | 5:39 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 037 Once more they take to the Chamois | 3:32 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 038 The Sea on Fire | 7:47 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 039 They fall in with Strangers | 10:33 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 040 Sire and Sons | 3:24 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 041 A Fray | 6:09 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 042 Remorse | 3:53 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 043 The Tent entered | 5:35 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 044 Away! | 6:54 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 045 Reminiscences | 3:07 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 046 The Chamois with a roving Commission | 3:54 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 047 Yillah, Jarl, and Samoa | 3:54 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 048 Something under the Surface | 7:24 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 049 Yillah | 3:26 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 050 Yillah in Ardair | 8:36 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 051 The Dream begins to fade | 3:11 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 052 World ho! | 5:56 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 053 The Chamois Ashore | 4:13 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 054 A Gentleman from the Sun | 5:20 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 055 Tiffin in a Temple | 6:04 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 056 King Media a Host | 5:31 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 057 Taji takes Counsel with himself | 8:22 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 058 Mardi by Night and Yillah by Day | 3:22 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 059 Their Morning Meal | 4:07 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 060 Belshazzar on the Bench | 8:34 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 061 An incognito | 4:05 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 062 Taji retires from the World | 3:49 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 063 Odo and its Lord | 7:25 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 064 Yillah a Phantom | 4:47 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 065 Taji makes three Acquaintances | 4:49 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 066 With a fair Wind at Sunrise they sail | 4:47 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 067 Little King Peepi | 7:49 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 068 How Teeth were regarded in Valapee | 5:12 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 069 The Company discourse, and Braid-Beard rehearses a Legend | 11:04 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 070 the Minstrel leads off with a Paddle-Song; and a Message is received from A… | 4:14 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 072 A Book from the Chronicles of Mohi | 9:57 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 073 Something more of the Prince | 2:15 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 074 Advancing deeper into the Vale, they encounter Donjalolo | 5:50 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 071 They land upon the Island of Juam | 4:54 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 075 Time and Temples | 6:23 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 076 A pleasant Place for a Lounge | 3:23 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 077 The House of the Afternoon | 5:37 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 078 Babbalanja solus | 6:20 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 079 The Center of Many Circumferences | 2:29 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 080 Donjalolo in the Bosom of his Family | 8:52 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 081 Wherein Babbalanja relates the Adventure of one Karkeke in the Land of Shad… | 5:39 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 082 How Donjalolo sent Agents to the surrounding Isles; with the Result | 5:29 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 083 They visit the Tributary Islets | 2:37 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 084 Taji sits down to Dinner with five-and-twenty Kings, and a royal Time they … | 18:04 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 085 After Dinner | 3:37 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 086 Of those Scamps the Plujii | 5:26 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 087 Nora-Bamma | 2:21 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 088 In a Calm, Hautia's Heralds approach | 2:42 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 089 Braid-Beard rehearses the Origin of the Isle of Rogues | 5:25 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 090 Rare Sport at Ohonoo | 5:13 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 091 Of King Uhia and his Subjects | 3:59 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 092 The God Keevi and the Precipice of Mondo | 4:29 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 093 Babbalanja steps in between Mohi and Yoomy; and Yoomy relates a Legend | 10:14 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 094 Of that jolly old Lord, Borabolla; and that jolly Island of his, Mondoldo; … | 12:13 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 095 That jolly old Lord Borabolla laughs on both Sides of his Face | 7:42 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 096 Samoa a Surgeon | 4:13 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 097 Faith and Knowledge | 3:34 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 098 The Tale of a Traveler | 3:07 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 099 ''Marnee Ora, Ora Marnee.'' | 9:23 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 100 The Pursuer himself is pursued | 8:57 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 101 The Iris | 1:51 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 102 They depart from Mondoldo | 3:30 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 103 As they sail | 4:03 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
| 104 Wherein Babbalanja broaches a diabolical Theory, and in his own Person prov… | 7:51 | Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan |
Reviews
Justin’s review : Mardi volume 1
Justin EA
This book gives insight into Melville’s Polynesia. Unlike Typee, or Omoo it is fictional. It is also the longest of the three books. It could use chapter names along with Roman numerals. Everything was great, except, occasionally when I went to another app the book stopped playing. The solution is completely closing the app and reopening. Otherwise the storyline is fantastic. The book commences in the adventure genre, then turns into a romance, and finally philosophical literature, mostly from Babalanja. The romance is a search for Yillah, a young maiden. It is full of songs and poems from Yumi. An important detail is that the characters chose the names of native Gods, though they are actually people. Overall LibriVox presents a great way to listen to expertly crafted books and it could improve the audio quality.