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Typee : A Peep at Polynesian Life by Herman. Melville (1996, Uk-B Format Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100140434887

ISBN-139780140434880

eBay Product ID (ePID)77878

Product Key Features

Book TitleTypee : a Peep at Polynesian Life

Number of Pages368 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicClassics, Literary, Biographical, Action & Adventure

Publication Year1996

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorHerman. Melville

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight9.6 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN95-032699

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Commentaries byBryant, John

Grade ToUP

Dewey Decimal813/.3

SynopsisAt one time the most popular of Melville's works, Typee was known as a travelogue that idealized and romanticized a mysterious South Sea island for readers in the ruthless, industrial, "civilized " world of the nineteenth century. But Melville's story of Tommo, the Yankee sailor who enters the flawed Pacific paradise of Nuku Hiva, is also a fast-moving adventure tale, an autobiographical account of the author's own Polynesian stay, an examination of the nature of good and evil, and a frank exploration of sensuality and exotic ritual. This edition of Typee, which reproduces the definitive text and the complete, never-before-published manuscript reading text, includes invaluable explanatory commentary by John Bryant., 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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. 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.

LC Classification NumberPS2384.T8 1996