Based on Melville’s actual experiences after having jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands, this work was extremely popular, and provoked disbelief among its readers until the events it described were corroborated by Melville’s fellow castaway, Richard Greene. While the book is based on fact, Typee is properly considered a work of fiction: the three week stay on which the author based his story is extended to four months, and Melville drew extensively on contemporary accounts by P...
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 206 ● ISBN 9789635249879 ● File size 0.6 MB ● Publisher Booklassic ● Country US ● Published 2015 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4549158 ● Copy protection without