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Carregando... Melville: Typee, Omoo, Mardide Herman Melville
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Typee--adventure story only read because Melville did better later. Here are the basics: jumped ship on Pacific isle, horrendous idols, savage cannibals, and half-clad nymphs. Titillation and adrenalin for the 1800's. And speculations on the good life, too (good life = piles of breadfruit, nymphs, and bananas). ( ) I love Melville! Therefore, my objectivity is somewhat lacking. I read this volume some 30 years ago. This was an excellent book (i.e., a 5 on a 5 point scale), which is much more than I expect when I buy a book. This contains Melville's early works. These are adventure stories of sailing in the South Seas. He is a competent writer with a very good vocabulary. His plot development is at times slow. His character development is good. I was fully involved. But, there was for one long passage (100 plus pages?) of a seemingly endless description of floating in a canoe. Positives: This is a Library of America book. Negatives: Descriptions are too long at times. The first book is this volume is 'Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life'. The second book is 'Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas'. The third book is 'Mardi: and A Voyage Thither'. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
"These three early novels are stirring romances of the South Seas; many of these fictional details resemble some of the events in Melville's own life in the early 1840s"--Jacket. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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