TYPEE & OMOO (Modern Classics Series) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. The Adventures in the South Seas (Based on Author's Sailor Experience)By Herman Melville
Length25h 7m
About this audiobook
In Typee and Omoo, Herman Melville transforms his Pacific experiences into vivid narratives of captivity, wandering, and cultural encounter. Typee recounts a sailor's uneasy sojourn among the Marquesans, while Omoo follows maritime desertion and island life in Tahiti. Blending travel writing, romance, ethnography, satire, and adventure, the books stand at the threshold of American literary modernity, challenging imperial certainties while indulging the era's fascination with the "exotic." Melville's authority derives from lived experience: as a young sailor he shipped on whalers, deserted, and moved through the South Seas before returning to America. These early voyages shaped his imagination and supplied the material for his first literary successes. Yet Melville was never merely a recorder of incident; he used autobiography to test assumptions about civilization, religion, commerce, and freedom. This Modern Classics edition is ideal for readers seeking the origins of Melville's art before Moby-Dick. It offers gripping narrative pleasure alongside a subtle critique of colonialism and missionary zeal. Students, general readers, and admirers of nineteenth-century literature will find in Typee and Omoo an indispensable introduction to Melville's restless intelligence and expansive moral vision.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length25 hrs 7 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 17, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1TYPEE & OMOO (Modern Classics Series) (Annotated)
67Chapter 23. The Second Night of Papeetee
2Introduction
68Chapter 24. Outbreak of the Crew
3Author Biography
69Chapter 25. Jermin encounters an Old Shipmate
4Historical Context
70Chapter 26. We enter the Harbour—Jim the Pilot
5Synopsis (Selection)
71Chapter 27. A Glance at Papeetee—We are sent aboard the Frigate
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6Typee
72Chapter 28. Reception from the Frenchman
7Preface
73Chapter 29. The Reine Blanche
8Chapter 1
74Chapter 30. They take us Ashore—What happened there
9Chapter 2
75Chapter 31. The Calabooza Beretanee
10Chapter 3
76Chapter 32. Proceedings of the French at Tahiti
11Chapter 4
77Chapter 33. We receive Calls at the Hotel de Calabooza
12Chapter 5
78Chapter 34. Life at the Calabooza
13Chapter 6
79Chapter 35. Visit from an Old Acquaintance
14Chapter 7
80Chapter 36. We are carried before the Consul and Captain
15Chapter 8
81Chapter 37. The French Priests pay their Respects
16Chapter 9
82Chapter 38. Little Julia sails without us
17Chapter 10
83Chapter 39. Jermin serves us a Good Turn—Friendships in Polynesia
18Chapter 11
84Part 2
19Chapter 12
85Chapter 40. We take unto ourselves Friends
20Chapter 13
86Chapter 41. We levy Contributions on the Shipping
21Chapter 14
87Chapter 42. Motoo-Otoo—A Tahitian Casuist
22Chapter 15
88Chapter 43. One is Judged by the Company he keeps
23Chapter 16
89Chapter 44. Cathedral of Papoar—The Church of the Cocoa-Nuts
24Chapter 17
90Chapter 45. Missionary's Sermon; with some Reflections
25Chapter 18
91Chapter 46. Something about the Kannakippers
26Chapter 19
92Chapter 47. How they dress in Tahiti
27Chapter 20
93Chapter 48. Tahiti as it is
28Chapter 21
94Chapter 49. Same Subject continued
29Chapter 22
95Chapter 50. Something happens to Long Ghost
30Chapter 23
96Chapter 51. Wilson gives us the Cut—Departure for Imeeo
31Chapter 24
97Chapter 52. The Valley of Martair
32Chapter 25
98Chapter 53. Farming in Polynesia
33Chapter 26
99Chapter 54. Some Account of the Wild Cattle in Polynesia
34Chapter 27
100Chapter 55. A Hunting Ramble with Zeke
35Chapter 28
101Chapter 56. Mosquitoes
36Chapter 29
102Chapter 57. The Second Hunt in the Mountains
37Chapter 30
103Chapter 58. The Hunting-Feast; and a Visit to Afrehitoo
38Chapter 31
104Chapter 59. The Murphies
39Chapter 32
105Chapter 60. What they thought of us in Martair
40Chapter 33
106Chapter 61. Preparing for the Journey
41Chapter 34
107Chapter 62. Tamai
42The Story of Toby
108Chapter 63. A Dance in the Valley
43Omoo
109Chapter 64. Mysterious
44Part 1
110Chapter 65. The Hegira, or Flight
45Chapter 1. My Reception Aboard
111Chapter 66. How we were to get to Taloo
46Chapter 2. Some Account of the Ship
112Chapter 67. The Journey round the Beach
47Chapter 3. Further Account of the Julia
113Chapter 68. A Dinner-Party in Imeeo
48Chapter 4. A Scene in the Forecastle
114Chapter 69. The Cocoa-Palm
49Chapter 5. What happened at Hytyhoo
115Chapter 70. Life at Loohooloo
50Chapter 6. We touch at La Dominica
116Chapter 71. We start for Taloo
51Chapter 7. What happened at Hannamanoo
117Chapter 72. A Dealer in the Contraband
52Chapter 8. The Tattooers of La Dominica
118Chapter 73. Our Reception in Partoowye
53Chapter 9. We steer to the Westward—State of Affairs
119Chapter 74. Retiring for the Night—The Doctor grows devout
54Chapter 10. A Sea-Parlour described, with some of its Tenants
120Chapter 75. A Ramble through the Settlement
55Chapter 11. Doctor Long Ghost a Wag—One of his Capers
121Chapter 76. An Island Jilt—We visit the Ship
56Chapter 12. Death and Burial of two of the Crew
122Chapter 77. A Party of Rovers—Little Loo and the Doctor
57Chapter 13. Our Destination changed
123Chapter 78. Mrs. Bell
58Chapter 14. Rope Yarn
124Chapter 79. Taloo Chapel—Holding Court in Polynesia
59Chapter 15. Chips and Bungs
125Chapter 80. Queen Pomaree
60Chapter 16. We encounter a Gale
126Chapter 81. We visit the Court
61Chapter 17. The Coral Islands
127Chapter 82. Which ends the Book
62Chapter 18. Tahiti
128Herman Melville's Typee and Omoo byD.H. Lawrence
63Chapter 19. A Surprise—More about Bembo
129Analysis
64Chapter 20. The Round Robin—Visitors from Shore
130Reflection
65Chapter 21. Proceedings of the Consul
131Memorable Quotes
66Chapter 22. The Consul's Departure
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