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Typee : a peep at polynesian life

By: Melville, Herman.
Contributor(s): Bryant, John Richard.
Series: Penguin Classics.Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 1996Description: xxxvii, 327 p. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780140434880.Subject(s): French Polynesia | Marquesas IslandsDDC classification: 813.3 Summary: Annotation. Typee is a fictional, but heavily autobiographical book by Herman Melville. Based on his own three weeks as a captive on Nuku Hiva, Melville's protagonist spends four months trapped on the island. Melville also fleshed out the story with details provided by contemporary explorers. The book was his most popular during his lifetime and provided significant groundwork for later tales of European and Pacific cultures meeting.
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Annotation. Typee is a fictional, but heavily autobiographical book by Herman Melville. Based on his own three weeks as a captive on Nuku Hiva, Melville's protagonist spends four months trapped on the island. Melville also fleshed out the story with details provided by contemporary explorers. The book was his most popular during his lifetime and provided significant groundwork for later tales of European and Pacific cultures meeting.

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