Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas








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.
Go to description and details| Publisher | Penguin Books |
| Series | Penguin classics |
| Pages | 374 |
| Language | Английский |
| ISBN | 978-0-14-310492-6 |
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.
| Publisher | Penguin Books |
| Series | Penguin classics |
| Pages | 374 |
| Language | Английский |
| ISBN | 978-0-14-310492-6 |
| Cover | Мягкий переплёт |
| Dimensions | 130 × 22 × 196 mm |
| Weight, g | 330 |