Typee

  • Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life
    By Herman Melville

    Describes the adventures of a sailor who jumps ship at a south sea island inhabited by cannibals, a voyage around Polynesia, and a quest for an elusive beauty among the islands of a tropical archipelago.

  • Typee: By Herman Melville
    By Herman Melville

    TYPEE BY HERMAN MELVILLE WITH BEAUTIFUL CLASSIC COVER.

  • Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life (1846), by Herman Melville(part I and II)
    By Herman Melville, Lemuel Shaw

    Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators

  • Typee: Typee Is Herman Melville's First Travel and Adventure Novel.
    By Herman Melville

    Typee is a fast-moving adventure tale, an autobiographical account of the author's Polynesian stay, an examination of the nature of good and evil, and a frank exploration of sensuality and exotic ritual. Includes vintage illustration!

  • Typee: A Romance of the South Seas
    By Herman Melville

    The novel is loosely based on Herman Melville's own life, and corroborated by a fellow castaway, Richard Tobias Greene. The story focuses on a castaway like Melville who lives among cannibals, an event that made Melville famous.

  • Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life
    By Herman Melville

    Inspired by Melville’s own experiences on the high seas, this classic adventure tale pits two sailors against an island of cannibals After six months of relentless battering by the turbulent South Pacific, the whaling ship known as the ...

  • Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life
    By Herman Melville

    This edition includes notes on the text.

  • Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life
    By Herman Melville

    The tale is a distortion of the life of the Typees and foreshadows the metaphysical precoccupations in Melville's later work with its depiction of the evil and mystery lurking beneath the idyllic setting.

  • Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life
    By Herman Melville

    Throughout his lifetime, Melville's most famous and popular character was Fayaway. This text of Typee is an Approved Text of the Center for Editions of American Authors (Modern Language Association of America). Book jacket.

  • Typee: Large Print
    By Herman Melville

    We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public.

  • Typee: By Herman Melville, A Peep at Polynesian Life (Penguin Classics), Classic in Travel and Adventure Literature
    By Herman Melville

    ★This Book has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability★ ◆Well Illustrated ◆One of the best Book to read ◆Well Formatted ◆Attractive matte Finished cover Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is the first book ...

  • Typee
    By Herman Melville

    Typee (1846) is the first 'romance' of the semi-autobiographical account of life in the Marquesas Islands in the 1840s. A blend of personal experience and the narratives of explorers and...

  • Typee
    By Herman Melville

    With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Herman Melville’s Typee is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.

  • Typee: A Romance of the South Seas
    By Herman Melville, Arthur Stedman

    Typee - A Romance of the South Seas - By Herman Melville - Edited by Arthur Stedman - CLASSIC BOOKS - Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life (1846) is the first book by American writer Herman Melville, a classic in the literature of travel and ...

  • Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life (annotated)
    By Herman Melville

    Initially regarded as a travel narrative, the novel is based on Melville's monthlong adventure as a guest-captive of the Typee people, natives of the Marquesas Islands (in present-day French Polynesia), following his desertion from the ...

  • Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life
    By Herman Melville

    Throughout his lifetime, Melville's most famous and popular character was Fayaway. This text of Typee is an Approved Text of the Center for Editions of American Authors (Modern Language Association of America). Book jacket.

  • Typee: A Romance of the South Sea
    By Herman Melville

    This edition offers an introduction that considers the book from a post-colonial perspective, and detailed annotation of Melville's allusions.

  • Typee: Large Print
    By Herman Melville

    "Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life" was Herman Melville's first novel. Originally published in 1846, "Typee" was partially based on Melville's own experiences as a beachcomber in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands.

  • Typee: Annotated and Illustrated
    By Herman Melville

    Based on Melville's actual experiences after having jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands, this work was extremely popular, and provoked disbelief among its readers until the events it described were corroborated by Melville's fellow ...

  • Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life, During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas; - Scholar's Choice...
    By Herman Melville

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.