"In his first book -- a classic of travel and adventure literature -- Herman Melville drew upon his experiences in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands as a month-long guest/captive of the Typee people. An anthropological study of a culture that both impressed and alarmed the author, the 1846 narrati
Typee: a peep at Polynesian life
β Scribed by Herman Melville
- Publisher
- Duke Classics
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 283 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1620112884
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