Project Gutenberg 1999-09-01 Public domain in the USA. 579 Melville, Herman 1819 1891 Melville, Hermann Stedman, Arthur Griffin 1859 1908 Stedman, Arthur G. (Arthur Griffin) Typee: A Romance of the South Seas Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typee Dianne Bean and David Widger "Typee: A Romance of the South Seas" by Herman Melville is a novel written in the mid-19th century, during a time of exploration and fascination with the South Seas. The book details the adventures of the main character, who escapes from a whaling ship and spends time in the valley of the Typees, a cannibalistic tribe on the Marquesas Islands, illustrating the clashing cultures and the author's observations of indigenous life. The opening of the story sets a vivid scene as the narrator recounts his long sea voyage of six months without sight of land, detailing the hardships and deprivations experienced on board the whaling ship, the Dolly. As anticipation builds for the arrival at the Marquesas, the narrator expresses a mix of longing and curiosity for the lush, exotic lands that await them. The narrative captures not only his weariness from the sea but also the tantalizing images of the islands filled with "naked houris" and "cannibal banquets." The excitement of reaching the Marquesas is further heightened by anecdotes of failed missionary attempts and the notorious reputation of the Typees, from whom the narrator ultimately plans to escape to experience a life beyond the confines of the ship. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 57.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Adventure stories Indigenous peoples -- Fiction Sailors -- Fiction Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) -- Fiction PS Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 714081 2025-07-01T11:04:48.850614 text/html 723860 2022-05-28T10:26:19 text/html 414855 2025-07-01T11:04:58.188571 application/epub+zip 415935 2025-07-01T11:04:51.908579 application/epub+zip 394651 2025-07-01T11:04:50.717631 application/epub+zip 663213 2025-07-01T11:05:03.619615 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 631533 2025-07-01T11:04:57.442670 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 525033 2022-09-01T12:49:54.820969 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 690721 2025-07-01T11:04:48.197642 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 690408 2022-05-28T10:26:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20102 2025-07-01T11:05:03.910522 application/rdf+xml 17813 2025-07-01T11:04:51.213573 image/jpeg 4577 2025-07-01T11:04:50.962664 image/jpeg 266636 2022-05-28T10:28:05 application/octet-stream application/zip 270775 2022-05-28T10:28:25 application/octet-stream application/zip 359363 2025-07-01T11:04:48.904633 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia