Project Gutenberg 2004-10-12 Public domain in the USA. 194 Melville, Herman 1819 1891 Melville, Hermann Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I Reading ease score: 67.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Geoff Palmer "Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I" by Herman Melville is a novel written during the mid-19th century. The story embarks on an adventure across the Pacific Ocean, driven by themes of exploration, existential inquiry, and social commentary. The main character, a sailor named Taji, experiences significant disillusionment with life at sea and seeks to escape the monotony through daring ventures. The opening of this novel introduces readers to Taji's journey aboard the whaling ship Arcturion. As he sets sail from Ravavai to the Galapagos islands, Taji quickly finds the experience of being at sea becomes tedious and frustrating. He longs for companionship that aligns with his intellectual and emotional needs, contrasting sharply with his shipmates, who he finds dull and unrefined. As boredom begins to take hold, Taji's desire for adventure intensifies, leading him to contemplate leaving the ship for unknown lands. His bond with the old sailor Jarl becomes crucial, as Taji persuades him to join in an audacious plan to escape together. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Polynesia -- Description and travel -- Fiction Adventure stories PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 632777 633487 2024-10-06T09:28:56.897801 2023-10-06T10:21:02.037591 text/html text/html 642783 2022-06-14T12:26:18 text/html 435366 2024-10-06T09:29:09.586757 application/epub+zip 438736 2024-10-06T09:29:00.778804 application/epub+zip 421332 2024-10-06T09:28:59.320789 application/epub+zip 665337 2024-10-06T09:29:16.588686 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 598032 2024-10-06T09:29:08.502730 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 499494 2022-09-07T03:49:15.287544 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 595479 595484 2024-10-06T09:28:55.799824 2023-10-06T10:21:01.110573 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 595244 2022-06-14T12:31:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19499 2024-10-06T09:29:16.737681 application/rdf+xml 16342 2024-10-06T09:28:59.879784 image/jpeg 3845 2024-10-06T09:28:59.599790 image/jpeg 241271 2022-06-14T12:32:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 246389 2022-06-14T12:32:44 application/octet-stream application/zip 329729 2024-10-06T09:28:56.955785 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia