| Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life Contributor(s): Melville, Herman (Author), Bryant, John (Introduction by), Bryant, John (Commentaries by) |
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ISBN: 0140434887 ISBN-13: 9780140434880 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1996 Annotation: At 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Biographical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 95032699 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.05" W x 7.72" (0.55 lbs) 368 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 50687 Reading Level: 12.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 25.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |