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Typee: A Romance of the South Seas

Author
Herman Melville
Series
World Classics
Language
English
Length
258 pages
ISBN
9781909175471
Published
15 July 2012
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Polynesia
  • adventure
  • cultural conflict
  • exotic
  • whaling
  • escape
  • native life
  • savagery
  • freedom
  • exploratio

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In "Typee: A Romance of the South Seas," Herman Melville recounts the riveting adventures of Tommo, a sailor who escapes his whaling ship and finds refuge in the seemingly idyllic valley of Typee on a Polynesian island. As Tommo becomes immersed in the lush, exotic lifestyle of the natives, he grapples with the duality of their serene beauty and underlying savagery. Melville's richly descriptive narrative explores themes of cultural conflict, freedom, and the allure of the unknown.

Author

Herman Melville (1819–1891) wrote the American epic that almost nobody wanted until it was too late. Moby-Dick began as a whale hunt and became scripture, encyclopaedia, sermon, and storm — a novel that thinks in every direction at once. Melville had been to sea as a young man; Typee made him briefly famous for Polynesian adventure, then the public cooled as his books grew stranger and more metaphysical. He died in relative obscurity.

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