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Mardi, and a Voyage Thither, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Mardi, and a Voyage Thither, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Herman Melville is available here as the complete text, split into 934 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Mardi, and a voyage thither, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Herman Melville. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #13720.

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Mardi, and a Voyage Thither, Vol. 1 (of 2)

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  1. Chapter I 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II A Chat In The Clouds 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Eight Bells 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The Watery World Is All Before Them 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Jarl Afflicted With The Lockjaw 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII In High Spirits, They Push On For The Terra Incognita 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Who Goes There? 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX What Befel The Brigantine At The Pearl Shell Islands 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Dedicated To The College Of Physicians And Surgeons 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI In Which The Past History Of The Parki Is Concluded 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Hints For A Full Length Of Samoa 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Xiphius Platypterus 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Ah, Annatoo! 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Sire And Sons 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII The Tent Entered 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Reminiscences 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Something Under The Surface 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Yillah In Ardair 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI The Chamois Ashore 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII King Media A Host 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Mardi By Night And Yillah By Day 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV An Incognito 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Odo And Its Lord 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI With A Fair Wind, At Sunrise They Sail 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII The Company Discourse, And Braid-Beard Rehearses A Legend 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII They Land Upon The Island Of Juam 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Advancing Deeper Into The Vale, They Encounter Donjalolo 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX A Pleasant Place For A Lounge 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI The Center Of Many Circumferences 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII How Donjalolo, Sent Agents To The Surrounding Isles; With The Result 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII Taji Sits Down To Dinner With Five-And-Twenty Kings, And A Royal Time They Have 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV Nora-Bamma 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI The God Keevi And The Precipice Of Mondo 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII That Jolly Old Lord Borabolla Laughs On Both Sides Of His Face 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII Faith And Knowledge 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX The Pursuer Himself Is Pursued 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL They Depart From Mondoldo 22 readings five lines each Open chapter

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