First book by American writer Herman Melville, 1846
Typee
First American edition title page
Author
Herman Melville
Language
English
Genre
Travel literature
Published
1846 (New York: Wiley and Putnam)
1846 (London: John Murray)
Publication place
United States, England
Media type
Print
Followed by
Omoo
Text
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Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is American writer Herman Melville's first book, published in 1846, when Melville was 26 years old. Considered a classic in travel and adventure literature, the narrative is based on Melville's experiences on the island Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands in 1842, supplemented with imaginative reconstruction and research from other books. The title comes from the valley of Taipivai, once known as Taipi.[1]
Typee was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime; it made him notorious as the "man who lived among the cannibals".[2]
^Christian, F.W., Nuku and Uia-Ei, 1895, "Notes on the Marquesans," Journal of the Polynesian Society 4(3):187-202. Page 200
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