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Typee: A Romance of the South SeasHerman Melville

Typee: A Romance of the South Seas

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Original author: Herman Melville

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"Typee: A Romance of the South Seas" by Herman Melville is a narrative published in 1846. Based on Melville's experiences in the Marquesas Islands in 1842, this account follows his time living among a Polynesian tribe rumored to be cannibals. The book made Melville famous as "the man who lived among the cannibals," though questions arose about how much was fact versus fiction. Blending travel memoir with cultural observation, Typee sympathetically portrays indigenous life while criticizing European colonizers and missionaries.

Typee: A Romance of the South Seas, by Herman Melville. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #1900.

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36 Chapters

  1. 1.Preface621 words
  2. 2.Introduction: To the Edition of 18925,882 words
  3. 3.Chapter ONE2,396 words
  4. 4.Chapter TWO2,898 words
  5. 5.Chapter THREE1,400 words
  6. 6.Chapter FOUR4,321 words
  7. 7.Chapter FIVE1,622 words
  8. 8.Chapter SIX2,834 words
  9. 9.Chapter SEVEN3,927 words
  10. 10.Chapter EIGHT3,177 words
  11. 11.Chapter NINE: Perilous Passage of the Ravine--Descent Into the Valley3,186 words
  12. 12.Chapter TEN4,183 words
  13. 13.Chapter ELEVEN5,148 words
  14. 14.Chapter TWELVE3,608 words
  15. 15.Chapter THIRTEEN2,753 words
  16. 16.Chapter FOURTEEN3,666 words
  17. 17.Chapter FIFTEEN1,792 words
  18. 18.Chapter SIXTEEN2,051 words
  1. 19.Chapter SEVENTEEN3,252 words
  2. 20.Chapter EIGHTEEN5,195 words
  3. 21.Chapter NINETEEN2,321 words
  4. 22.Chapter TWENTY1,628 words
  5. 23.Chapter TWENTY-ONE1,443 words
  6. 24.Chapter TWENTY-TWO2,187 words
  7. 25.Chapter TWENTY-THREE: The Feast of Calabashes2,316 words
  8. 26.Chapter TWENTY-FOUR4,706 words
  9. 27.Chapter TWENTY-FIVE3,249 words
  10. 28.Chapter TWENTY-SIX4,456 words
  11. 29.Chapter TWENTY-SEVEN: The Social Condition and General Character of the Typees2,610 words
  12. 30.Chapter TWENTY-EIGHT1,331 words
  13. 31.Chapter TWENTY-NINE2,639 words
  14. 32.Chapter THIRTY3,502 words
  15. 33.Chapter THIRTY-ONE1,774 words
  16. 34.Chapter THIRTY-TWO3,598 words
  17. 35.Chapter THIRTY-THREE1,839 words
  18. 36.Chapter THIRTY-FOUR: The Escape8,638 words