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Typee by Herman Melville

By americana phonic | Published: October 18, 2008
Typee was Herman Melville's first book, recounting how he jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands in 1842, to become captive of a cannibal island tribe. It was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime. The author was awed and charmed by the strangeness and beauty of the island and its people. Many sought to discredit the work, calling it a total fabrication. But a rebuttal came when its events were corroborated by Melville's fellow castaway, Richard T. Greene, who appears in the story as the character Toby. The entire narration of the book lasts 11 hours 32 minutes, and totals 335.6 MB.
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Typee Chapter 1

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
THE SEA - LONGINGS FOR SHORE - A LAND-SICK SHIP - DESTINATION OF THE VOYAGERS - THE MARQUESAS - ADVENTURE OF A MISSIONARY'S WIFE AMONG THE SAVAGES - CHARACTERISTIC ANECDOTE OF THE QUEEN OF NUKUHEVA
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Typee Chapter 2

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
PASSAGE FROM THE CRUISING GROUND TO THE MARQUESAS - SLEEPY TIMES ABOARD SHIP - SOUTH SEA SCENERY - LAND HO - THE FRENCH SQUADRON DISCOVERED AT ANCHOR IN THE BAY OF NUKUHEVA - STRANGE PILOT - ESCORT OF CANOES - A FLOTILLA OF COCONUTS - SWIMMING VISITORS - THE DOLLY BOARDED BY THEM - STATE OF AFFAIRS THAT ENSUE
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Typee Chapter 3

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LATE OPERATIONS OF THE FRENCH AT THE MARQUESAS - PRUDENT CONDUCT OF THE ADMIRAL - SENSATION PRODUCED BY THE ARRIVAL OF THE STRANGERS - THE FIRST HORSE SEEN BY THE ISLANDERS - REFLECTIONS - MISERABLE SUBTERFUGE OF THE FRENCH - DIGRESSION CONCERNING TAHITI - SEIZURE OF THE ISLAND BY THE ADMIRAL - SPIRITED CONDUCT OF AN ENGLISH LADY
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Typee Chapter 4

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
STATE OF AFFAIRS ABOARD THE SHIP - CONTENTS OF HER LARDER - LENGTH OF SOUTH SEAMEN'S VOYAGES - ACCOUNT OF A FLYING WHALE-MAN - DETERMINATION TO LEAVE THE VESSEL - THE BAY OF NUKUHEVA - THE TYPEES - INVASION OF THEIR VALLEY BY PORTER - REFLECTIONS - GLEN OF TIOR - INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE OLD KING AND THE FRENCH ADMIRAL
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Typee Chapter 5

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
THOUGHTS PREVIOUS TO ATTEMPTING AN ESCAPE - TOBY, A FELLOW SAILOR, AGREES TO SHARE THE ADVENTURE - LAST NIGHT ABOARD THE SHIP
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Typee Chapter 6

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
A SPECIMEN OF NAUTICAL ORATORY - CRITICISMS OF THE SAILORS - THE STARBOARD WATCH ARE GIVEN A HOLIDAY - THE ESCAPE TO THE MOUNTAINS
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Typee Chapter 7

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN - DISAPPOINTMENT - INVENTORY OF ARTICLES BROUGHT FROM THE SHIP - DIVISION OF THE STOCK OF BREAD - APPEARANCE OF THE INTERIOR OF THE ISLAND - A DISCOVERY - A RAVINE AND WATERFALLS - A SLEEPLESS NIGHT - FURTHER DISCOVERIES - MY ILLNESS - A MARQUESAN LANDSCAPE
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Typee Chapter 8

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
THE IMPORTANT QUESTION, TYPEE OR HAPPAR? - A WILD GOOSE CHASE - MY SUFFERINGS - DISHEARTENING SITUATION - A NIGHT IN A RAVINE - MORNING MEAL - HAPPY IDEA OF TOBY - JOURNEY TOWARDS THE VALLEY
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Typee Chapter 9

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
PERILOUS PASSAGE OF THE RAVINE - DESCENT INTO THE VALLEY
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Typee Chapter 10

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
THE HEAD OF THE VALLEY - CAUTIOUS ADVANCE - A PATH - FRUIT - DISCOVERY OF TWO OF THE NATIVES - THEIR SINGULAR CONDUCT - APPROACH TOWARDS THE INHABITED PARTS OF THE VALE - SENSATION PRODUCED BY OUR APPEARANCE - RECEPTION AT THE HOUSE OF ONE OF THE NATIVES
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Typee Chapter 11

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
MIDNIGHT REFLECTIONS - MORNING VISITORS - A WARRIOR IN COSTUME - A SAVAGE AESCULAPIUS - PRACTICE OF THE HEALING ART - BODY SERVANT - A DWELLING-HOUSE OF THE VALLEY DESCRIBED - PORTRAITS OF ITS INMATES
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Typee Chapter 12

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
OFFICIOUSNESS OF KORY-KORY - HIS DEVOTION - A BATH IN THE STREAM - WANT OF REFINEMENT OF THE TYPEE DAMSELS - STROLL WITH MEHEVI - A TYPEE HIGHWAY - THE TABOO GROVES - THE HOOLAH HOOLAH GROUND - THE TI - TIMEWORN SAVAGES - HOSPITALITY OF MEHEVI - MIDNIGHT MUSINGS - ADVENTURES IN THE DARK - DISTINGUISHED HONOURS PAID TO THE VISITORS - STRANGE PROCESSION AND RETURN TO THE HOUSE OF MARHEYO
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Typee Chapter 13

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
ATTEMPT TO PROCURE RELIEF FROM NUKUHEVA - PERILOUS ADVENTURE OF TOBY IN THE HAPPAR MOUNTAINS - ELOQUENCE OF KORY-KORY
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Typee Chapter 14

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
A GREAT EVENT HAPPENS IN THE VALLEY - THE ISLAND TELEGRAPH - SOMETHING BEFALLS TOBY - FAYAWAY DISPLAYS A TENDER HEART - MELANCHOLY REFLECTIONS - MYSTERIOUS CONDUCT OF THE ISLANDERS - DEVOTION OF KORY-KORY - A RURAL COUCH - A LUXURY - KORY-KORY STRIKES A LIGHT A LA TYPEE
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Typee Chapter 15

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
KINDNESS OF MARHEYO AND THE REST OF THE ISLANDERS - A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE BREAD-FRUIT TREE - DIFFERENT MODES OF PREPARING THE FRUIT
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Typee Chapter 16

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
MELANCHOLY CONDITION - OCCURRENCE AT THE TI - ANECDOTE OF MARHEYO - SHAVING THE HEAD OF A WARRIOR
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Typee Chapter 17

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
IMPROVEMENT IN HEALTH AND SPIRITS - FELICITY OF THE TYPEES - THEIR ENJOYMENTS COMPARED WITH THOSE OF MORE ENLIGHTENED COMMUNITIES - COMPARATIVE WICKEDNESS OF CIVILIZED AND UNENLIGHTENED PEOPLE - A SKIRMISH IN THE MOUNTAIN WITH THE WARRIORS OF HAPPAR
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Typee Chapter 18

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
SWIMMING IN COMPANY WITH THE GIRLS OF THE VALLEY - A CANOE - EFFECTS OF THE TABOO - A PLEASURE EXCURSION ON THE POND - BEAUTIFUL FREAK OF FAYAWAY - MANTUA-MAKING - A STRANGER ARRIVES IN THE VALLEY - HIS MYSTERIOUS CONDUCT - NATIVE ORATORY - THE INTERVIEW - ITS RESULTS - DEPARTURE OF THE STRANGER
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Typee Chapter 19

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
REFLECTIONS AFTER MARNOO'S DEPARTURE - BATTLE OF THE POP-GUNS - STRANGE CONCEIT OF MARHEYO - PROCESS OF MAKING TAPPA
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Typee Chapter 20

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
HISTORY OF A DAY AS USUALLY SPENT IN THE TYPEE VALLEY - DANCES OF THE MARQUESAN GIRLS
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Typee Chapter 21

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
THE SPRING OF ARVA WAI - REMARKABLE MONUMENTAL REMAINS - SOME IDEAS WITH REGARD TO THE HISTORY OF THE PI-PIS FOUND IN THE VALLEY
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Typee Chapter 22

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
PREPARATIONS FOR A GRAND FESTIVAL IN THE VALLEY - STRANGE DOINGS IN THE TABOO GROVES - MONUMENT OF CALABASHES - GALA COSTUME OF THE TYPEE DAMSELS - DEPARTURE FOR THE FESTIVAL
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Typee Chapter 23

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
THE FEAST OF CALABASHES
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Typee Chapter 24

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
IDEAS SUGGESTED BY THE FEAST OF CALABASHES - INACCURACY OF CERTAIN PUBLISHED ACCOUNTS OF THE ISLANDS - A REASON - NEGLECTED STATE OF HEATHENISM IN THE VALLEY - EFFIGY OF A DEAD WARRIOR - A SINGULAR SUPERSTITION - THE PRIEST KOLORY AND THE GOD MOA ARTUA - AMAZING RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE - A DILAPIDATED SHRINE - KORY-KORY AND THE IDOL - AN INFERENCE
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Typee Chapter 25

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
GENERAL INFORMATION GATHERED AT THE FESTIVAL - PERSONAL BEAUTY OF THE TYPEES - THEIR SUPERIORITY OVER THE INHABITANTS OF THE OTHER ISLANDS - DIVERSITY OF COMPLEXION - A VEGETABLE COSMETIC AND OINTMENT - TESTIMONY OF VOYAGERS TO THE UNCOMMON BEAUTY OF THE MARQUESANS - FEW EVIDENCES OF INTERCOURSE WITH CIVILIZED BEINGS - DILAPIDATED MUSKET - PRIMITIVE SIMPLICITY OF GOVERNMENT - REGAL DIGNITY OF MEHEVI
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Typee Chapter 26

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
KING MEHEVI - ALLUSION TO HIS HAWIIAN MAJESTY - CONDUCT OF MARHEYO AND MEHEVI IN CERTAIN DELICATE MATTERS - PECULIAR SYSTEM OF MARRIAGE - NUMBER OF POPULATION - UNIFORMITY - EMBALMING - PLACES OF SEPULTURE - FUNERAL OBSEQUIES AT NUKUHEVA - NUMBER OF INHABITANTS IN TYPEE - LOCATION OF THE DWELLINGS - HAPPINESS ENJOYED IN THE VALLEY - A WARNING - SOME IDEAS WITH REGARD TO THE CIVILIZATION OF THE ISLANDS - REFERENCE TO THE PRESENT STATE OF THE HAWIIANS - STORY OF A MISSIONARY'S WIFE - FASHIONABLE EQUIPAGES AT OAHU - REFLECTIONS
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Typee Chapter 27

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
THE SOCIAL CONDITION AND GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE TYPEES
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Typee Chapter 28

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
FISHING PARTIES - MODE OF DISTRIBUTING THE FISH - MIDNIGHT BANQUET - TIMEKEEPING TAPERS - UNCEREMONIOUS STYLE OF EATING THE FISH
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Typee Chapter 29

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE VALLEY - GOLDEN LIZARDS - TAMENESS OF THE BIRDS - MOSQUITOES - FLIES - DOGS - A SOLITARY CAT - THE CLIMATE - THE COCONUT TREE - SINGULAR MODES OF CLIMBING IT - AN AGILE YOUNG CHIEF - FEARLESSNESS OF THE CHILDREN - TOO-TOO AND THE COCONUT TREE - THE BIRDS OF THE VALLEY
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Typee Chapter 30

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
A PROFESSOR OF THE FINE ARTS - HIS PERSECUTIONS - SOMETHING ABOUT TATTOOING AND TABOOING - TWO ANECDOTES IN ILLUSTRATION OF THE LATTER - A FEW THOUGHTS ON THE TYPEE DIALECT
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Typee Chapter 31

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
STRANGE CUSTOM OF THE ISLANDERS - THEIR CHANTING, AND THE PECULIARITY OF THEIR VOICE - RAPTURE OF THE KING AT FIRST HEARING A SONG - A NEW DIGNITY CONFERRED ON THE AUTHOR - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN THE VALLEY - ADMIRATION OF THE SAVAGES AT BEHOLDING A PUGILISTIC PERFORMANCE - SWIMMING INFANT - BEAUTIFUL TRESSES OF THE GIRLS - OINTMENT FOR THE HAIR
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Typee Chapter 32

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
APPREHENSIONS OF EVIL - FRIGHTFUL DISCOVERY - SOME REMARKS ON CANNIBALISM - SECOND BATTLE WITH THE HAPPARS - SAVAGE SPECTACLE - MYSTERIOUS FEAST - SUBSEQUENT DISCLOSURES
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Typee Chapter 33

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
THE STRANGER AGAIN ARRIVES IN THE VALLEY - SINGULAR INTERVIEW WITH HIM - ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE - FAILURE - MELANCHOLY SITUATION - SYMPATHY OF MARHEYO
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Typee Chapter 34

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
THE ESCAPE
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Typee Appendix

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
PROVISIONAL CESSION TO LORD GEORGE PAULET OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS
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Typee Sequel

By americana phonic | Published: March 23, 2006
THE STORY OF TOBY
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