Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2009-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 269 Melville, Herman 1819 1891 Melville, Hermann Typee Reading ease score: 57.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. "Typee" by Herman Melville is a novel written in the mid-19th century. It tells the story of a group of sailors, particularly focusing on one unnamed narrator, who escapes from a whaling ship and finds himself among the Polynesian islands of the Marquesas. The narrative explores themes of civilization versus primitivism, the allure of exotic cultures, and the adventure of survival in an unfamiliar world. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to the narrator who reflects on the harrowing experience of being stranded at sea for six months while hunting sperm whales. The ship is in a state of deprivation, leading the crew to a desperate longing for land. As they approach the Marquesas, the narrator is filled with romantic and fearful anticipation of the savage yet enchanting life that awaits him on the islands. Eventually, he decides to escape the oppressive conditions aboard his ship, seeking freedom in the unknown land. With a fellow sailor named Toby, he begins plotting their daring escape to the mountains of the island, setting the stage for adventure and exploration of the Marquesan culture they are about to encounter. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Adventure stories Indigenous peoples -- Fiction Sailors -- Fiction Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 636003 636292 2024-10-12T10:51:13.656501 2023-09-12T13:07:31.666847 text/html text/html 636262 2022-12-19T14:26:07 text/html 783076 2009-05-01T05:48:38 text/html 2173755 2024-10-12T10:51:22.013429 application/epub+zip 2170773 2024-10-12T10:51:14.686596 application/epub+zip 358944 2024-10-12T10:51:14.132468 application/epub+zip 2306767 2024-10-12T10:51:28.156398 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2266175 2024-10-12T10:51:21.223422 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 84645 2022-09-13T10:27:52.113321 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 610169 610197 2024-10-12T10:51:12.845479 2023-09-12T13:07:31.104893 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 609939 2022-12-19T14:25:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20825 2024-10-12T10:51:28.350377 application/rdf+xml 18085 2024-10-12T10:51:14.258461 image/jpeg 3131 2024-10-12T10:51:14.195458 image/jpeg 232115 2022-12-19T14:27:53 application/octet-stream application/zip 2096152 2022-12-19T14:28:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 2099583 2024-10-12T10:51:13.765457 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia