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Voyage Thither Herman Mardi Melville Narrator Taji Jarl

Front Mardi and a Voyage Thither
Back A Novel
Herman Melville
1849
The narrator Taji, and Jarl, and older seaman deserts their ship in a whaleboat
The Islands of Mardi(mythical or transcendental realm)

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.

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