Typee :
a peep at Polynesian life during a four months' residence in a valley of the Marquesas /
by Herman Melville.

Description

Main Author

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891

Related Names

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.

Language(s)

English

Published

New York : Wiley & Putnam ; 1847.

Edition

Rev. ed., with a sequel

Subjects

Sailors > Sailors / Fiction
Indigenous peoples > Indigenous peoples / Fiction
Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) > Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) / Fiction.
Publishers' advertisements > Publishers' advertisements / 1847.

Summary

This thrilling story of adventure in the South Sea Islands is founded on Melville's own captivity in the valley of the cannibal Typees, and his eventful rescue.

Note

"Publishers' advertisement": p. [xv]-xxiii at end.
"The story of Toby, a sequel to 'Typee" / by the author of that work--P. [291]-307.
In this revision, "several passages ... have been rejected as irrelevant ... those referring to Tahiti and the Sandwich Islands." The Appendix was omitted, but a sequel of Toby added.
Sequel: Omoo.
In two parts; paged continuously.

Physical Description

xiv, 307, [xv]-xxiii p. : map ; 20 cm.

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