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EPISODE · Apr 20, 2026 · 1 MIN

Mardi Volume 1 Preface

from The Herman Melville Library · host Herman Melville

In which the narrator reflects upon the curious reception of his truthful accounts of Pacific voyages and contemplates crafting a romantic tale of Polynesian adventure to test the credulity of his readers. Thus is set the germinating idea that shall unfold into the narrative now presented, inviting one into a world both familiar and imaginatively strange.

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In which the narrator reflects upon the curious reception of his truthful accounts of Pacific voyages and contemplates crafting a romantic tale of Polynesian adventure to test the credulity of his readers. Thus is set the germinating idea that shall...

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