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EPISODE · May 17, 2026 · 5 MIN

Mardi Volume 1 Chapter 54 - A Gentleman from the Sun

from The Herman Melville Library · host Herman Melville

In which a strange and regal procession of chiefs arrives, bearing their leaders through the woodland in canoes borne aloft, their demeanour at once noble and unadorned, provoking a meeting of considerable gravity and solemnity. The narrator, assuming the guise of a returning demi-god named Taji, parries the questions and doubts of these potentates with boldness, then is graciously received by the chief Media, who pledges hospitality and companionship on a voyage through the widening archipelago.

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