Mardi: and a voyage thither (1849). By: Herman Melville (volume 1): (Original Version) Mardi, and a Voyage Thither is the third book by American writer Herman Melville, the adventure story gives way to a romance story, which in its turn gives way to a ph

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 Americ...