
Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is the first book by American writer Herman Melville, published first in London, then New York, in 1846. Considered a classic in travel and adventure literature, the narrative is based on the author's actual experiences as a captive on the island Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands in 1842, but is liberally supplemented with imaginative reconstruction ...
Paperback: 314 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (July 18, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1515133907
ISBN-13: 978-1515133902
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 14599162
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I read Moby-Dick several times in college almost forty years ago. Now I'm taking a night class and reading it with life experience of forty years. Awe is the feeling that constantly gets evoked as I read. Why awe?Capacious. That is the word that ...
ion of material from other books. The title is from the name of a valley there called Tai Pi Vai. Typee was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime, and made him notorious as the "man who lived among the cannibals".