Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life

368 pages
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Published: 30 Oct 2046
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ISBN: 9780140434880

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Publication date: 1 January 1996

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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.