Mardi - Herman Melville - Books -  - 9798644212156 - May 8, 2020
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Mardi

'Mardi, and a Voyage Thither' is the third book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1849. Beginning as a travelogue in the vein of the author's two previous efforts, the adventure story gives way to a romance story, which in its turn gives way to a philosophical quest. Mardi is Melville's first pure fiction work (while featuring fictional narrators; his previous novels were heavily autobiographical). It details (much like Typee and Omoo) the travelings of an American sailor who abandons his whaling vessel to explore the South Pacific. Unlike the first two, however, Mardi is highly philosophical and said to be the first work to show Melville's true potential. The tale begins as a simple narrative, but quickly focuses upon discourse between the main characters and their interactions with the different symbolic countries they encounter. While not as cohesive or lengthy as Moby-Dick, it shares a similar writing style as well as many of the same themes. As a preface to Mardi, Melville wrote somewhat ironically that his first two books were nonfiction but disbelieved; by the same pattern he hoped the fiction book would be accepted as fact. Font used in this annotated edition is Baskerville - 12.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released May 8, 2020
ISBN13 9798644212156
Pages 434
Dimensions 203 × 254 × 22 mm   ·   852 g
Language English  

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