Herman Melville

Typee illustrated Herman Melville

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is the first book by American writer Herman Melville, published in early part of 1846, when Melville was 26 years old. The overarching theme that permeates throughout every page, paragraph, sentence and practically every word of Typee concerns the debate over which is preferable: society that is allowed to evolve naturally into a more civilized state or society