Typee and Omoo by Herman Melville

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Author: Herman Melville
Category: Classics
ISBN: 9781455425655
File Size: 0.90 MB
Format: EPUB (e-book)
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Melvilles first and second books. According to Wikipedia: Typee (1846; in full: Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life) is American writer Herman Melvilles first book, a classic in the literature of travel and adventure partly based on his actual experiences as a captive on the island Nuku Hiva (which Melville spelled as Nukuheva) in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands, in 1842. The title comes from the name of a valley there called Tai Pi Vai. It was Melvilles most popular work during his lifetime, but made him notorious as the man who lived among the cannibals. For 19th century readers, his career seemed to decline afterward, but during the early 20th century it was seen as the beginning of a career that peaked with Moby-Dick (1851).

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