Typee is a fictional, but heavily autobiographical book by Herman Melville. Based on his own three weeks as a captive on Nuku Hiva, Melville's protagonist spends four months trapped on the island. Melville also fleshed out the story with details...
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Typee is a fictional, but heavily autobiographical book by Herman Melville. Based on his own three weeks as a captive on Nuku Hiva, Melville's protagonist spends four months trapped on the island. Melville also fleshed out the story with details provided by contemporary explorers. The book was his most popular during his lifetime and provided significant groundwork for later tales of European and Pacific cultures meeting
Title -- Contents -- Notice -- Preface -- Chapter I - The Good Ship Patriot -- Chapter II - Samuel Dickson Gives Advice to His Brother -- Chapter III - A Queer Customer -- Chapter IV - An Alliance Offensive and Defensive -- Chapter V - A Great Medicine Council -- Chapter VI - Samuel Dickson Hunts a Moose Deer -- Chapter VII - Joshua Dickson Becomes Master of the Valley -- Chapter VIII - Diana Dickson and Her Foe -- Chapter IX - They Make an Acquaintance -- Chapter X - Who the Stranger Was -- Chapter XI - Explanations -- Chapter XII - How the Three Travellers Went to George Clinton's
Chapter XIII - Tom Mitchell -- Chapter XIV - Samuel and Joshua -- Chapter XV - New Characters -- Chapter XVI - Tom Mitchell as Redresser of Wrongs -- Chapter XVII - A Diplomatic Conversation Between Two Rascals -- Chapter XVIII - The Prisoner -- Chapter XIX - In Which Tom Mitchell Discovers that Honesty is a Good Speculation -- Chapter XX - A Strange Chase -- Chapter XXI - Captain Tom Mitchell, the Avenger -- Chapter XXII - A Desperate Struggle -- Endnotes
Title -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter I - The Procession -- Chapter II - The Country House -- Chapter III - The Convent of the Purísima Concepción -- Chapter IV - The Smugglers -- Chapter V - The Inca of the Nineteenth Century -- Chapter VI - The Banian's House -- Chapter VII - The Novice -- Chapter VIII - A Visit to the Convent -- Chapter IX - On the Sierra -- Chapter X - Inside the Tent -- Chapter XI - The Sons of the Tortoise -- Chapter XII - A Human Sacrifice -- Chapter XIII - The Balas Ruby -- Chapter XIV - The Rupture -- Chapter XV - A First Loss
Chapter XVI - The Parumo de San Juan Bautista -- Chapter XVII - The Abduction -- Chapter XVIII - After the Combat -- Chapter XIX - The Manhunt -- Chapter XX - The Redskins -- Chapter XXI - The Indian City -- Chapter XXII - The Jagouas of the Huiliches -- Chapter XXIII - A Miraculous Cure -- Chapter XXIV - The Ruins of the Hacienda -- Chapter XXV - The Arrest -- Chapter XXVI - The Scalp -- Chapter XXVII - The Capture of the Convent -- Chapter XXVIII - An Indian Vengeance -- Chapter XXIX - The Green Room -- Chapter XXX - The Confession -- Chapter XXXI - The Camp of the Moluchos
