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Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas | Herman Melville
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LeahBergen
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#JohnnyBergen and the little book tree. 🎄

Sleepswithbooks What a beautiful photo 🎄🐶 1y
kspenmoll I love this- so peaceful! 1y
ShelleyBooksie Adorable 1y
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BookNAround Two of my favorite Litsy things: Johnny Bergen and book trees. 1y
JacqMac Beautiful! 1y
jlhammar How gorgeous—both tree and pup! 1y
Rissreads Awwwwww ♥️ 1y
Ruthiella Beautiful tree! Hi to Johnny! ❤️🐶 1y
Cathythoughts I just want to hug Johnny. Lovely tree 👌🏻 (edited) 1y
Leftcoastzen So cute ! Both Johnny & the tree! 1y
squirrelbrain Oh 👋 hi, Johnny Bergen! 😘 1y
sarahbellum Johnny! 😍 1y
Christine ❤️❤️❤️ 1y
batsy A beautiful scene! A kiss for Johnny, who's looking angelic 😁💜 1y
Gissy 😍🎄💚❤️💚❤️ 1y
BarbaraBB Yay! I was waiting for your tree! 1y
rubyslippersreads Absolutely lovely! I think Johnny is wondering what Santa is going to bring him. 🎅🐶 1y
LeahBergen @Cathythoughts And he‘d let you. He loves being squeezed! 😆 1y
LeahBergen @batsy It‘s all an act. He knows Santa‘s coming soon. 😉 1y
LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads Most likely a lump of coal in his wee stocking. 1y
AnnR 🎄🎄🎄 So cute!!! 🐶🐶🐶 1y
Megabooks Yay for Johnny content!! 💜💜🎄🤩 (edited) 1y
CarolynM 😍 1y
DivineDiana What a beautiful photo! ❤️📚🎄🐶 ❤️ 1y
vivastory 💙 this post 📚🎄🐶 1y
AvidReader25 That book tree!!! 😍 1y
LeahBergen @AvidReader25 Thanks! 😘 1y
Suet624 I love all of this. Just gorgeous. Johnny is contemplative, I see. 1y
LeahBergen @Suet624 He‘s contemplating bad deeds. 😉 1y
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When the skipper was attempting to dissuade the sailors from going on leave one of the sailors denouncing him as “a lying old son of a sea-cook who begrudged a fellow a few hours Liberty,” exclaimed an oath, “ but you don‘t bounce me out of my liberty, old chap, for all your yarns; for I would go ashore if every pebble on the beach was a live coal, and every stick a gridiron, and the cannibals stood ready to boil me on landing.”

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julesG
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Today's #31bookpics prompt is #Underrated.

I could not think of an underrated book; only of a lot of overrated ones. A quick Google search brought me to an article, which reminded me of the tagged book. 👇👇

I read, reviewed and presented Typee in one of my university literature courses. The only things I remember about the novel are that it's partly autobiographical and probably the first written work to contain the word Taboo.

@howjessreads

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julesG
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#Savage

Herman Melville apparently lived among the savages while on a Polynesian island. This book is said to have introduced the word 'Taboo' into the western languages.
Further, it's much better than Moby Dick.

#NuYear @Cinfhen @TrishB

TrishB Exactly what @Cinfhen said! 6y
teebe 😓😒Indigenous people from a Polynesian island would be Polynesians. What was savage, and Melville points this out, was the missionaries. (edited) 6y
julesG @teebe You are right, of course. I had totally forgot about this. Thanks. 6y
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dweck
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Wayyyy too many details and slow pace...
Typee by Herman Melville

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Linds
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I love the used selection at Brookline Booksmith #getindie