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From Typee I was able to gather about a five page list of words Herman Melville weaved into his south seas lexicon and which were way over my head (i.e. arcana=secret, disinter=to bring from obscurity into view, oleaginous=having qualities of oil;smarmy;unctuous)! Melvilles exciting journey in the Marquesas during which time he lives with a cannibal tribe for four weeks was a great tale filled with bold narrative and wity commentary on the "barbarism" of the "savage" tribe Typee (meaning "cannibal"). Melville wrote this, his first book, in his early twenties. This fact inspires and intimidates me. Whaling, with its quest for spermacetti oil to fill the lamps of American homes, is an industry with a history truly worth reading. To learn more please read "The Essex".

Officially, I have not read this book because I couldn't bear to finish it. I made it a bit more than halfway before deciding that reading something I dreaded picking up was not fun. This book was awful! The writing was thick and confusing. Despite rereading many sections, I still could not follow the point the author was attempting to make. The characters, who should have been easy to make interesting (or hard to make boring) were dull. I read this as a Book Club book and none of the members was able to finish it. This from a varied and highly educated group of women who are able to find something positive in everything we read. Except for Cleopatra. We all agreed that this book was pure torture to read.