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Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life

Contributor(s): Melville, Herman (Author), Bryant, John (Introduction by), Bryant, John (Commentaries by)

ISBN: 9780140434880

Publisher: Penguin Classics

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Pub Date: January 1, 1996

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 95032699

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Price on Product

Target Age Group: 18 to UP

Physical Info: 0.67" H x 7.72" L x 5.05" W ( 0.55 lbs) 368 pages

Series: Penguin Classics

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Quiz #:0000050687 ( Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life)

Reading level: 12.60

Interest level: UG

Point value: 25.0

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Description: Typee is a fast-moving adventure tale, an autobiographical account of the author's Polynesian stay, an examination of the nature of good and evil, and a frank exploration of sensuality and exotic ritual.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Review Quotes: "A classic of American literature [and] the pioneer in South Sea romance."
- Arthur Stedman

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