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Audiobook Typee Herman Melville Librivox

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Typee is Herman Melville’s first book, recounting his experiences
after having jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands in 1842, and
becoming a captive of a cannibal island tribe. It was an immediate
success in America and England, and was Melville’s most popular
work during his lifetime. It was not until the end of the 1930’s that
it was surpassed in popularity by Moby Dick, more than thirty years
after his death. The story provoked harsh criticism for its
condemnation of missionary efforts in the Pacific Islands. Many
sought to discredit the book, claiming that it was a work of fiction,
but this criticism ended when the events it described were
corroborated by Melville’s fellow castaway, Richard T. Greene, who
appears in the story as the character Toby (Summary by Michael)

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