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Typee is a novel written by American author Herman Melville, first published in 1846. The book is a semi-autobiographical account of Melville's time serving on a whaling ship in the Pacific. Typee, however, is primarily based on the experiences of a young man named Tommo, who, like Melville, served on a whaling ship and traveled to the Marquesas Islands.

Tommo is shipwrecked on the island of Nuku Hiva, where he encounters a member of the native Typee people. Renaming himself Dinah, and claiming to be a Typee woman, he is taken in by Tamai, a member of the local chiefs, and his family. The novel follows Tommo's experiences among the Typee people, including their customs, traditions, and struggles against the more aggressive and aggressive island of the Friendly Islands.

Throughout the book, Melville draws upon his own experiences, observing the island's natural beauty, lush vegetation, and the dangers that lurk in the interior. The novel includes a mix of adventure, romance, and rip-roaring action, which was a staple of adventure novels at the time. However, it also raises questions about the nature of civilization and the cultural clash between Europeans and native island cultures.

The Typee has been regarded as an important example of early American literary works, exploring themes of identity, the search for meaning, and the use of the "noble savage" trope, a common device used to describe the native island populations of the Pacific.