Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas, with notices of the French Occupation of Tahiti and the ... Islands to Lord Paulet (Classics series, CL)
by Herman Melville
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- Paperback
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Airmont Pub. Co, 1965. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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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- Title
- Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas, with notices of the French Occupation of Tahiti and the ... Islands to Lord Paulet (Classics series, CL)
- Author
- Herman Melville
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Airmont Pub. Co
- Date Published
- 1965
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