Typee

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is the first book by American writer Herman Melville, published first in London, then New York, in 1846. Considered a classic in travel and adventure literature, the narrative is partly based on the author’s actual experiences on the island Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands in 1842, liberally supplemented with imaginative reconstruction and adaptation of material from other books. The title is from the province Tai Pi Vai. Typee was Melville’s most popular work during his lifetime; it made him notorious as the “man who lived among the cannibals”.

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Author

Herman Melville

Translation

N/A

Publising Company

Limited Editions Club

Publising Country

USA

Publising Year

1935

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