Typee

A sailor jumps ship in the South Pacific and lives among an island people both alluring and unsettling.

At a glance Herman Melville's first book blends adventure, travel narrative and unease at the… Deep in a Marquesan valley, a runaway sailor finds paradise and captivity braided so… Herman Melville drew on his own wanderings to write Typee, the book that first made his… What it's about Weary of brutal shipboard life, a young sailor deserts his whaling…

Weary of brutal shipboard life, a young sailor deserts his whaling vessel and, with a companion, ventures into the interior of a Pacific island.