Typee
by Herman Melville
- New
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 0810120526
- ISBN 13
- 9780810120525
- Seller
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Paperback / softback. New. Two common sailors jump ship and are held in benign captivity by Polynesian natives. Through the narrator's eyes we see a literate (if romanticized) portrait of the people and their culture presented in vivid, even scientific, detail.
Synopsis
Typee is American writer Herman Melville's first book, partly based on his actual experiences as a captive on Nuku Hiva (which Melville spelled as Nukuheva) in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands and the title comes from a valley there called Tai Pi Vai. It was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime; for 19th century readers his career seemed to go downhill afterwards, but during the early 20th century it was seen as just the beginning of a career that peaked with Moby-Dick (1851).
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- The Saint Bookstore (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A9780810120525
- Title
- Typee
- Author
- Herman Melville
- Format/Binding
- Paperback / softback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 5
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0810120526
- ISBN 13
- 9780810120525
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Illinois, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- September 1, 2003
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