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by Herman Melville

Adventure · Novel

Open Library OL102748W

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is American writer Herman Melville's first book, published, when Melville was 26 years old. Considered a classic in travel and adventure literature, the narrative is based on Melville's experiences on the island Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands, supplemented with imaginative reconstruction and research from other books.

About the author

Melville’s Moby-Dick begins as a whaling voyage and becomes a meditation on obsession, work, and what cannot be charted. The narrative voice never sits still for long. More of this shelf for Herman Melville.

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