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Melville's continuing adventures in the South Seas?now for the first time in Penguin Classics Following the commercial and critical success of "Typee," Herman Melville continued his series of South Sea adventure-romances with "Omoo." Named after the Polynesian term for a rover, or someone who roams from island to island, "Omoo" chronicles the tumultuous events aboard a South Sea whaling vessel and is based on Melville's personal experiences as a crew member on a ship sailing the Pacific. From recruiting among the natives for sailors to handling deserters and even mutiny, Melville gives a first-person account of life as a sailor during the nineteenth century filled with colorful characters and vivid descriptions of the far-flung locales of Polynesia.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Historical fiction

• Full title: Omoo
• Author: Herman Melville
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416
• EAN: 9780143104926
• ISBN: 0143104926
• ID: 04029120
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Weight: 350 g
• Dimensions: 131 × 196 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 27. March 2007

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