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Typee is a fictional, but heavily autobiographical book by Herman Melville. Based on his own three weeks as a captive on Nuku Hiva, Melville's protagonist spends four months trapped on the island. Melville also fleshed out the story with details provided by contemporary explorers. The book was his most popular during his lifetime and provided significant groundwork for later tales of European and Pacific cultures meeting.
Usuario anónimo: Another look at the Marquesas, a century younger and entirely non-fictional, well-written by an experienced traveller. Heyerdahl begins with Melvellian enthusiasm about "going back to nature" but ends up rather more disillusioned than his famous American colleague.… (más)
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
To
Lemuel Shaw,
Chief Justice of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, This Little Work is Affectionately Inscribed by the Author
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Six months at sea!!
Herman Melville was born in New York City in 1819, of Scottish ancestry.
Introduction by Robert Gibbings (The Folio Society, 1950).
The morning my comrade left me, as related in the narrative, he was accompanied by a large party of natives, some of them carrying fruit and hogs for the purpose of traffic, as the report had spread that boats had touched at the bay.
Sequel : containing the story of Toby.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
It is almost needless to add that the British cabinet never had any idea of appropriating the islands; and it furnishes a sufficient vindication of the acts of Lord George Paulet, that he not only received the unqualified approbation of this own government, but that to this hour the great body of the Hawiian people invoke blessings on his head, and look back with gratitude to the time when his liberal and paternal sway diffused peace and happiness among them.
The mystery which hung over the fate of my friend and companion Toby has never been cleared up. I still remain ignorant whether he succeeded in leaving the valley, or perished at the hands of the islanders.
He always thought of me as dead - and I had every reason to suppose that he, too, was no more; but a strange meeting was in store for us, which made Toby's heart all the lighter.
Typee is a fictional, but heavily autobiographical book by Herman Melville. Based on his own three weeks as a captive on Nuku Hiva, Melville's protagonist spends four months trapped on the island. Melville also fleshed out the story with details provided by contemporary explorers. The book was his most popular during his lifetime and provided significant groundwork for later tales of European and Pacific cultures meeting.
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