Omoo

By Herman Melville

Release : 1891-01-01

Genre : Action & Adventure, Books, Fiction & Literature

Kind : ebook

4 (0 ratings)
A failed mutiny lands the narrator in a Tahitian jail where he and his companion, Doctor Long Ghost, are treated with curiosity and kindness. After their eventual release, the two embark on a series of adventures as they work at odd jobs, view traditional rites and customs on the island, and contrive an audience with the Tahitian queen. Thought-provoking, humorous glimpses of a vanished 19th-century world in the South Seas by one of America's greatest writers.

Omoo

By Herman Melville

Release : 1891-01-01

Genre : Action & Adventure, Books, Fiction & Literature

Kind : ebook

4 (0 ratings)
A failed mutiny lands the narrator in a Tahitian jail where he and his companion, Doctor Long Ghost, are treated with curiosity and kindness. After their eventual release, the two embark on a series of adventures as they work at odd jobs, view traditional rites and customs on the island, and contrive an audience with the Tahitian queen. Thought-provoking, humorous glimpses of a vanished 19th-century world in the South Seas by one of America's greatest writers.

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