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Typee is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Melville, Herman (1819–1891).
Catalogue synopsis
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"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."
Book and edition facts
- Title: Typee
- Author credits: Melville, Herman (1819–1891)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Adventure stories
- Indigenous peoples -- Fiction
- Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) -- Fiction
- Sailors -- Fiction
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- Category: Adventure
- Category: American Literature
- Category: Novels
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