Typee by Herman Melville
"Typee" by Herman Melville is a travel narrative published in 1846, based on the author's experiences in the Marquesas Islands in 1842. After deserting his ship, Melville lived among the Taipi people in a Polynesian valley, supposedly for four months. The book blends firsthand observation with imaginative reconstruction, offering sympathetic portraits of indigenous life while criticizing European colonizers and missionaries. Questions about the narrative's accuracy emerged immediately, though fellow castaway Richard Tobias
Greene later corroborated key events. Melville's most popular work during his lifetime, it made him famous as "the man who lived among the cannibals." (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 |
|---|---|
| Title | Typee |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typee |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 57.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Adventure stories |
| Subject | Indigenous peoples -- Fiction |
| Subject | Sailors -- Fiction |
| Subject | Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 28656 |
| Release Date | May 1, 2009 |
| Most Recently Updated | Dec 19, 2022 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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