TYPEE & OMOO (Modern Classics Series)

TYPEE & OMOO (Modern Classics Series)
Author: Herman Melville
Publisher: e-artnow
Total Pages: 662
Release: 2017-03-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 8026874323

This carefully crafted ebook: "TYPEE & OMOO (Modern Classics Series)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life describes the narrator's four month stay on the island Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands. It is a story of capture, escape and romance with lovely nymph Fayaway. The narrative is based on the author's actual experiences in the South Pacific. Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas is a sequel to the Sea narrative Typee. After leaving the island of Nuku Hiva, the narrator ships aboard a whaling vessel that makes its way to Tahiti, after which there is a mutiny and the majority of the crew are imprisoned on Tahiti. Omoo is also based on the author's experiences in the South Pacific. Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. His writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor, exploration of literature and philosophy, and engagement in the contradictions of American society in a period of rapid change.

MOBY DICK (Modern Classics Series)

MOBY DICK (Modern Classics Series)
Author: Herman Melville
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 687
Release: 2023-12-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

This carefully crafted ebook: "MOBY DICK (Modern Classics Series)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville: first published in 1851, considered to be one of the Great American Novels and a treasure of world literature, one of the great epics in all of literature. The story tells the adventures of wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab has one purpose on this voyage: to seek out Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off his leg, which now drives Ahab to take revenge...

Omoo

Omoo
Author: Herman Melville
Publisher:
Total Pages: 348
Release: 1847
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"Following the commercial and critical success of his first book, Typee, Herman Melville continued his series of South Seas adventure-romances with Omoo. Melville's second book chronicles the narrator's involvement in a mutiny aboard a South Seas whaling vessel, his incarceration in a Tahitian jail, and then his wanderings as an omoo, or rover, on the island of Eimeo (Moorea). Based on Melville's personal experience as a sailor on a South Pacific whaleship, Omoo is a first-person account of life as a sailor during the nineteenth century, filled with colorful characters and detailed descriptions of the far-flung locales of Polynesia."--BOOK JACKET.

Typee

Typee
Author: Herman Melville
Publisher: Peter Smith Publisher
Total Pages: 255
Release: 1965
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780804900539

From its publication in 1846, Typee, Herman Melville's first book, was recognized as a classic of travel and adventure literature. Based on the author's own experiences, as well as oral and written sources, in the South Seas, Melville's story of two runaway sailors held captive by the Typees is a vivid portrait of Polynesian life. Many readers delighted in its racy scenes, but religious fundamentalists saw to it that criticism of missionaries was expurgated from the American text. Five years later, the religious press took revenge on Moby-Dick when Melville again displayed his persistent skepticism and irreverence and celebrated cultural relativity as he had done in Typee. As Melville's fame declined after the 1850s, readers forgot the old religious denunciations and remembered Typee as the best of his books. Throughout his lifetime, Melville's most famous and popular character was Fayaway. This text of Typee is an Approved Text of the Center for Editions of American Authors (Modern Language Association of America). Book jacket.

MARDI (Modern Classics Series)

MARDI (Modern Classics Series)
Author: Herman Melville
Publisher: e-artnow
Total Pages: 711
Release: 2017-03-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 802687434X

This carefully crafted ebook: "MARDI (Modern Classics Series)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Mardi, and a Voyage Thither details the traveling of an American sailor who abandons his whaling vessel to explore the South Pacific. The center of the story is a romance between the narrator Taji and Yillah, the mysterious blonde who suddenly appears and disappears. We also follow the voyage of the philosopher Babbalanja and his travel companions through the archipelago of Mardi. Beginning as a travelogue, the adventure story gives way to a romance story, which gives way to a philosophical quest. Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. His writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor, exploration of literature and philosophy, and engagement in the contradictions of American society in a period of rapid change. His best known works include Typee, a romantic account of his experiences in Polynesian life, its sequel Omoo, and his novel Moby-Dick.

Herman Melville : Typee, Omoo, Mardi

Herman Melville : Typee, Omoo, Mardi
Author: Herman Herman Melville
Publisher:
Total Pages: 566
Release: 2018-05-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781719044257

"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."Three compelling romances of the South Seas by Herman Melville-Typee-Omoo-Mardi

THE CONFIDENCE-MAN (Modern Classics Series): Cultural Satire & Metaphysical Book

THE CONFIDENCE-MAN (Modern Classics Series): Cultural Satire & Metaphysical Book
Author: Herman Melville
Publisher: E-Artnow
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2019-04-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9788027331499

The Confidence-Man is an ambiguous figure who sneaks aboard a Mississippi steamboat on April Fool's Day. This stranger attempts to test the confidence of the several steamboat passengers whose interlocking stories are told as they travel down the Mississippi River toward New Orleans. The novel is written as cultural satire, allegory, and metaphysical treatise, dealing with themes of sincerity, identity, morality, religiosity, economic materialism, irony, and cynicism. Herman Melville's writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor, exploration of literature and philosophy, and engagement in the contradictions of American society in a period of rapid change. His best known works include Typee, a romantic account of his experiences in Polynesian life, its sequel Omoo, and the great classic Moby-Dick.

Typee

Typee
Author: Herman Melville
Publisher:
Total Pages: 226
Release: 1994
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781853262302

From its publication in 1846, Typee, Herman Melville's first book, was recognized as a classic of travel and adventure literature. Based on the author's own experiences, as well as oral and written sources, in the South Seas, Melville's story of two runaway sailors held captive by the Typees is a vivid portrait of Polynesian life. Many readers delighted in its racy scenes, but religious fundamentalists saw to it that criticism of missionaries was expurgated from the American text. Five years later, the religious press took revenge on Moby-Dick when Melville again displayed his persistent skepticism and irreverence and celebrated cultural relativity as he had done in Typee. As Melville's fame declined after the 1850s, readers forgot the old religious denunciations and remembered Typee as the best of his books. Throughout his lifetime, Melville's most famous and popular character was Fayaway. This text of Typee is an Approved Text of the Center for Editions of American Authors (Modern Language Association of America). Book jacket.

Omoo - A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas

Omoo - A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas
Author: Herman Melville
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2015-11-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1473374596

Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas is the second book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1847, and a sequel to his first South Sea narrative Typee, also based on the author's experiences in the South Pacific. After leaving the island of Nuku Hiva, the main character ships aboard a whaling vessel that makes its way to Tahiti, after which there is a mutiny and a third of the crew are imprisoned on Tahiti. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Omoo Vol 2

Omoo Vol 2
Author: Herman Melville
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1807
Genre:
ISBN: 9780810101623