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Typee, a peep at Polynesian life by Herman Melville( Book )
22 editions published between 1968 and 2017 in English and German and held by 177 libraries worldwide
Publisher's description: Almost from the time of its publication in 1846, Melville's first book, based on his own travels in the South Seas, has been recognized as a classic in the literature of travel and adventure. Although initially rejected as too fantastic to be true, Typee was immensely popular and regarded in Melville's lifetime as his best work. It established his reputation as the literary discoverer of the South Seas and inspired the likes of Jack London and Robert Louis Stevenson. Two common sailors jump ship and are held in benign captivity by Polynesian natives. Through the narrator's eyes we see a literate (if romanticized) portrait of the people and their culture presented in vivid, even scientific, detail. Melville's racy style and irreverence toward Christian missionaries caused a scandal, and critics denounced the narrator's suggestion that the native life might be superior to that of modern civilization. An adventure story above all, albeit one with a philosophical bent, Typee is a combination of elements that even early in Melville's career hinted at the towering ambition he would fulfill with Moby-Dick

Mardi and a voyage thither by Herman Melville( Book )
19 editions published between 1968 and 2017 in English and held by 124 libraries worldwide
The travelings of an American sailor who abandons his whaling vessel to explore the South Pacific

White-jacket : or, The world in a man-of-war by Herman Melville( Book )
14 editions published between 1970 and 2017 in English and held by 42 libraries worldwide

The confidence-man : his masquerade by Herman Melville( Book )
9 editions published between 1984 and 2017 in English and held by 40 libraries worldwide
Male, female, deft, fraudulent, constantly shifting: which of the 'masquerade' of passengers on the Mississippi steamboat Fidele is 'the confidence man'? The central motif of Melville's last and most 'modern' novel can be seen as a symbol of American cultural history

Redburn, his first voyage; being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, in the merchant service by Herman Melville( Book )
14 editions published between 1969 and 1984 in English and held by 29 libraries worldwide
"Redburn charts the coming-of-age of Wellingborough Redburn, a young innocent who embarks on a crossing to Liverpool together with a roguish crew. Once in Liverpool, Redburn encounters the squalid conditions of the city and meets Harry Bolton, a bereft and damaged soul, who takes him on a tour of London that includes a scene of rococo decadence

Pierre : or The ambiguities by Herman Melville( file )
1 edition published in 2017 in English and held by 0 libraries worldwide