Typee

By Melville, Herman

Book Id: WPLBN0002950777
Format Type:
File Size: 337.46 MB
Reproduction Date: 2006

Title:	Typee
Author:	Melville, Herman
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Adventure, Sea stories
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Typee; by Herman Melville
Historic Publication Date:	1846
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Melville, B. H. (1846). Typee. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

Description
Typee is Herman Melville's first book, recounting his experiences after having jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands in 1842, and becoming a captive of a cannibal island tribe. It was an immediate success in America and England, and was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime. It was not until the end of the 1930's that it was surpassed in popularity by Moby Dick, more than thirty years after his death. The story provoked harsh criticism for its condemnation of missionary efforts in the Pacific Islands. Many sought to discredit the book, claiming that it was a work of fiction, but this criticism ended when the events it described were corroborated by Melville's fellow castaway, Richard T. Greene, who appears in the story as the character Toby (Summary by Michael)

Summary
Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Adventure, Sea stories