Download or read book Typee Illustrated written by Herman Melville and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-26 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Typee, in full Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life, first novel by Herman Melville, published in London in 1846 as Narrative of a Four Months' Residence Among the Natives of a Valley of the Marquesas Islands. Initially regarded as a travel narrative, the novel is based on Melville's month long adventure as a guest-captive of the Typee people.