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  • Mardi Volume 1 Chapter 3 - A King for a Comrade

    Mardi Volume 1 Chapter 3 - A King for a Comrade
    2026/04/21
    In which the narrator, voyaging through vast and little-known seas, resolves to set foot on one of the remote Kingsmill Islands and seeks a steadfast companion for the lonely journey. Amidst this, we are introduced to Jarl, the venerable, taciturn Viking-like seaman, whose rugged sea-bred friendship and devoted camaraderie promise both comfort and constancy amid the boundless waters.
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    13 分
  • Mardi Volume 1 Chapter 2 - A Calm

    Mardi Volume 1 Chapter 2 - A Calm
    2026/04/21
    In which the narrator reflects upon the strange and unsettling stillness of a sea calm, revealing how it confounds the mind and spirit of a landsman unaccustomed to such inert vastness. With vivid and almost haunted rumination, he describes the paralysis of both body and will, beset by meditations on eternity and the helplessness imposed by the unyielding quietude of the ocean.
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    5 分
  • Mardi Volume 1 Chapter 1 - Foot in Stirrup

    Mardi Volume 1 Chapter 1 - Foot in Stirrup
    2026/04/20
    In which the voyage from Ravavai to the Gallipagos unfolds with the Arcturion bearing weary sailors across monotonous seas, chasing elusive whales amid the capricious trade winds and spectral islands. Amidst the slow rolling ocean and the ship’s dull routine, the narrator’s restless spirit stirs with a mounting desire to escape the stifling monotony and the unexpected northern course set by a captain bent on oil rather than honour.
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    31 分
  • Mardi Volume 1 Preface

    Mardi Volume 1 Preface
    2026/04/20
    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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    1 分
  • The Piazza Tales Chapter 6 - The Bell-Tower

    The Piazza Tales Chapter 6 - The Bell-Tower
    2026/04/19
    In which a far-reaching and singularly lofty Bell-Tower, the labour of a brilliant mechanician named Bannadonna, rises with slow majesty in a southern European plain, crowned with bells of rare design and a secret automaton concealed in shadow. Amid public awe and whispered mystery, the tower’s strange occupant and its dread purpose unfold with tragic consequence, weaving artifice and ambition into a dark mechanical parable.
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    41 分
  • The Piazza Tales Chapter 5 - The Encantadas - Sketch Ninth. Hood's Isle and the Hermit Oberlus.

    The Piazza Tales Chapter 5 - The Encantadas - Sketch Ninth. Hood's Isle and the Hermit Oberlus.
    2026/04/18
    In which a solitary and savage spirit, Oberlus, asserts an autocratic dominion over a deserted isle, wielding crude arms and a fierce will against both nature and shipwrecked strangers; his savage sovereignty grows through cunning cruelty and the subjugation of hapless men, shaped by a desolate solitude and a capacity for degradation surpassing even the brutes among whom he dwells. This grim tale unfolds as visitations by seafaring men bring unwelcome encounters and reveal a sombre portrait of tyranny bred in isolation, where human baseness and ambition alike are laid bare upon a volcanic stage.
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    25 分
  • The Piazza Tales Chapter 5 - The Encantadas - Sketch Tenth. Runaways, Castaways, Solitaries, Grave-stones, etc.

    The Piazza Tales Chapter 5 - The Encantadas - Sketch Tenth. Runaways, Castaways, Solitaries, Grave-stones, etc.
    2026/04/18
    In which a solitary castaway’s letter unveils a melancholy tale of exile, deception, and survival among the forbidding Enchanted Isles, a place where shipwrecked souls and fugitives find refuge yet face relentless hardship. These islands, desolate and labyrinthine, bear grim relics of human endurance—hermitages, post-offices of hope, and lonely graves—each whispering of lives spent between tyranny and the wild embrace of isolation.
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    10 分
  • The Piazza Tales Chapter 5 - The Encantadas - Sketch Eighth. Norfolk Isle and the Chola Widow.

    The Piazza Tales Chapter 5 - The Encantadas - Sketch Eighth. Norfolk Isle and the Chola Widow.
    2026/04/17
    In which a solitary island dweller clings to her sparse few possessions and faithful dogs amidst the barren and weather-beaten encantations of her rocky domain, revealing a profound and silent grief beneath her stern exterior. Meanwhile, a strange and wild hermit inhabits the volcanic wastes nearby, embodying a curious mixture of savagery, vanity, and seclusion as he tends a scanty garden in his volcanic realm.
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    37 分