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Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life

Name: Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life
Author: Herman Melville
ISBN: 9781451552294

by Herman Melville

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Synopsis

This is a novel partly based on Melville's actual experiences as a captive on Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands. The book title comes from a valley located there.

About the Author, Herman Melville

Herman Melville's legend is as mammoth and elusive as the whale that established it. The author's Moby-Dick; Or, The Whale stands as one of literature's greatest epics, a story of mythological proportions that was grounded in real life and a new way of storytelling. Melville's work, underappreciated in its time, remains as much subject to debate and interpretation as it was when he first caught the public eye with his South Seas adventure, Typee, in 1846.