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