"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).
Chapters
1 000 Preface 1 min 2 001 Foot in Stirrup 31 min 3 002 A Calm 5 min 4 003 A King for a Comrade 13 min 5 004 A Chat in the Clouds 6 min 6 005 Seats secured and Portmanteaus packed 6 min 7 006 Eight Bells 5 min 8 007 A Pause 3 min 9 008 They push off, Velis et Remis 7 min 10 009 The Watery World is all before Them 5 min 11 010 They arrange their Canopies and Lounges, and try to make Things comfortable 5 min 12 011 Jarl afflicted with the Lockjaw 4 min 13 012 More about being in an open Boat 3 min 14 013 Of the Chondropterygii, and other uncouth Hordes infesting the South Seas 11 min 15 014 Jarl's Misgivings 6 min 16 015 A Stitch in Time saves Nine 3 min 17 016 They are Becalmed 6 min 18 017 In high Spirits they push on for the Terra Incognita 3 min 19 018 My Lord Shark and his Pages 5 min 20 019 Who goes there? 13 min 21 020 Noises and Portents 6 min 22 021 Man ho! 5 min 23 022 What befel the Brigantine at the Pearl Shell Islands 13 min 24 023 Sailing from the Island they pillage the Cabin 6 min 25 024 Dedicated to the College of Physicians and Surgeons 6 min 26 025 Peril a Peace-maker 6 min 27 026 Containing a Pennyweight of Philosophy 3 min 28 027 In which the past History of the Parki is concluded 8 min 29 028 Suspicions laid, and something about the Calmuc 10 min 30 029 What they lighted upon in further searching the Craft, and the Resolution they came to 12 min 31 030 Hints for a full length of Samoa 4 min 32 031 Rovings Alow and Aloft 7 min 33 032 Xiphius Platypterus 7 min 34 033 Otard 4 min 35 034 How they steered on their Way 10 min 36 035 Ah, Annatoo! 6 min 37 036 The Parki gives up the Ghost 6 min 38 037 Once more they take to the Chamois 4 min 39 038 The Sea on Fire 8 min 40 039 They fall in with Strangers 11 min 41 040 Sire and Sons 3 min 42 041 A Fray 6 min 43 042 Remorse 4 min 44 043 The Tent entered 6 min 45 044 Away! 7 min 46 045 Reminiscences 3 min 47 046 The Chamois with a roving Commission 4 min 48 047 Yillah, Jarl, and Samoa 4 min 49 048 Something under the Surface 7 min 50 049 Yillah 3 min 51 050 Yillah in Ardair 9 min 52 051 The Dream begins to fade 3 min 53 052 World ho! 6 min 54 053 The Chamois Ashore 4 min 55 054 A Gentleman from the Sun 5 min 56 055 Tiffin in a Temple 6 min 57 056 King Media a Host 6 min 58 057 Taji takes Counsel with himself 8 min 59 058 Mardi by Night and Yillah by Day 3 min 60 059 Their Morning Meal 4 min 61 060 Belshazzar on the Bench 9 min 62 061 An incognito 4 min 63 062 Taji retires from the World 4 min 64 063 Odo and its Lord 7 min 65 064 Yillah a Phantom 5 min 66 065 Taji makes three Acquaintances 5 min 67 066 With a fair Wind at Sunrise they sail 5 min 68 067 Little King Peepi 8 min 69 068 How Teeth were regarded in Valapee 5 min 70 069 The Company discourse, and Braid-Beard rehearses a Legend 11 min 71 070 the Minstrel leads off with a Paddle-Song; and a Message is received from Abroad 4 min 72 072 A Book from the Chronicles of Mohi 10 min 73 073 Something more of the Prince 2 min 74 074 Advancing deeper into the Vale, they encounter Donjalolo 6 min 75 071 They land upon the Island of Juam 5 min 76 075 Time and Temples 6 min 77 076 A pleasant Place for a Lounge 3 min 78 077 The House of the Afternoon 6 min 79 078 Babbalanja solus 6 min 80 079 The Center of Many Circumferences 2 min 81 080 Donjalolo in the Bosom of his Family 9 min 82 081 Wherein Babbalanja relates the Adventure of one Karkeke in the Land of Shades 6 min 83 082 How Donjalolo sent Agents to the surrounding Isles; with the Result 5 min 84 083 They visit the Tributary Islets 3 min 85 084 Taji sits down to Dinner with five-and-twenty Kings, and a royal Time they have 18 min 86 085 After Dinner 4 min 87 086 Of those Scamps the Plujii 5 min 88 087 Nora-Bamma 2 min 89 088 In a Calm, Hautia's Heralds approach 3 min 90 089 Braid-Beard rehearses the Origin of the Isle of Rogues 5 min 91 090 Rare Sport at Ohonoo 5 min 92 091 Of King Uhia and his Subjects 4 min 93 092 The God Keevi and the Precipice of Mondo 4 min 94 093 Babbalanja steps in between Mohi and Yoomy; and Yoomy relates a Legend 10 min 95 094 Of that jolly old Lord, Borabolla; and that jolly Island of his, Mondoldo; and of the Fish-ponds, and the Hereafters of Fish 12 min 96 095 That jolly old Lord Borabolla laughs on both Sides of his Face 8 min 97 096 Samoa a Surgeon 4 min 98 097 Faith and Knowledge 4 min 99 098 The Tale of a Traveler 3 min 100 099 ''Marnee Ora, Ora Marnee.'' 9 min 101 100 The Pursuer himself is pursued 9 min 102 101 The Iris 2 min 103 102 They depart from Mondoldo 4 min 104 103 As they sail 4 min 105 104 Wherein Babbalanja broaches a diabolical Theory, and in his own Person proves it 8 min
