Omoo
Americannoun
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His readers wanted him to spin more of his early, popular South Sea romances such as Typee and Omoo.
From Time Magazine Archive
His second book, Omoo, another virile tale of the South Seas, was written with something of caution; so also White Jacket, semi-symbolic travelogue.
From Time Magazine Archive
Typee Omoo, Mardi, White Jacket or the World in a Man of War, Moby Dick or the White Whale contain interesting accounts of his wide travels.
From History of American Literature by Halleck, Reuben Post
Omoo followed in 1847, Moby Dick, or the White Whale, a powerful sea story, in 1852, and Israel Potter in 1855.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)
I have said that "Omoo" and "Typee," the books in which the sailor Melville describes his life among the Otaheitans, have sunk too rapidly into obscurity.
From Through the Magic Door by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
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