About this title: Once the most popular of Melville's works, TYPEE is the story of a Yankee sailor who enters a Pacific paradise, but it is also an adventure tale, an autobiographical account of the author's stay in Polynesia, and an examination of good and evil, sensuality, and exotic rituals.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780140434880ISBN:0140434887
Description: Very Good. Slight cover wear with minor scuffing to edges. Slight shift to spine. GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780140434880ISBN:0140434887
Description: Acceptable. A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (the dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1996-01-01
ISBN-13:9780140434880ISBN:0140434887
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Edition: 1st Airmont
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Airmont Publishing Co., NY
Date Published: 1965
Description: Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall Illustarted covers. 255 pages. Light rubbing. A few pages loosened. A complete copy. read more
Description: NY: Avon, no date. Issued as Avon Book #T-117. Mass market paperback. Near very good, spine creasing, black and white illustrations. Softcover. read more
Description: New. Unread, perfect spine, square, solid, sharp--you'll feel like you could jump a tall buidling with a single bound when this book arrives at your doorstep! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780140434880ISBN:0140434887
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Pages are clean, the illustrated wraps have edge wear. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 328 p. Penguin Classics. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Digireads. com
Date Published: 2008-01-01
ISBN-13:9781420931013ISBN:1420931016
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Northwestern University Press, Evanston, Illinois
Date Published: 1968
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear, former owners name is crossed out in marker on the first page, spine is lightly creased, some light underlining and margin writing in ink throughout the book, overall a very nice used first edition! 374 pages. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Avon T-117, New York, ND (1956)
Description: Vintage Paperback, an Avon Red and Gold Edition. Cover art by Gaugin, 224pp, illustrated. Tight copy, minor nicks on spine, otherwise VG+ read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Avon Books, New York
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market paperback is in Near Mint condition. (7805) mass mkt ppbk Avon #T-117; "The story of Toby, a sequel to Typee. By the author of that work": p. [259]-271. read more
"Although it is not insightful or brilliant as I suspect "Moby Dick" may be, this is an interesting and witty tale of living with a bunch of cannibals on a South Pacific island. It is a supposedly auto-biographical account of Melville's time as a young sailor. Tired of life at sea, he escapes to a tropical island where he is held as a pampered captive. He writes about the simple luxury in which these people lived compared to the harried civilization in America and Europe. It's interesting from an anthropologic point."
"This is considered a Juvenile and I think it should be required reading long before we make the youth of America loath Melville by forcing them to slog through Moby Dick."
"While this is a pretty interesting story, it could have been told a lot better. Melville spends too much space pontificating and describing the details of his surroundings. Overall, the characters are flat, and the drama is weakly expressed. Melville became a much better writer later in his life."
"early adventure story from Melville's experiences as a crewman in the South Pacific. typical of the genre, full of exotic natives and narrow escapes. Melville would find his voice later. this is formative work and not essential."
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