Omoo

"Omoo" - had been out of print for years when he died in 1891, at age 72, in his Manhattan home.

latimes.com - News 2010

It was in such talks, which we were both eager to repeat, that I first heard the names -- first fell under the spell -- of the islands; and it was from one of the first of them that I returned (a happy man) with "Omoo" under one arm, and my friend's own adventures under the other.

The Wrecker 1898

I have said that "Omoo" and "Typee," the books in which the sailor

Through the Magic Door Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

It must have been soon after the completion of 'Omoo' that Melville began to study the writings of

Typee Herman Melville 1855

It must have been soon after the completion of 'Omoo' that Melville began to study the writings of Sir Thomas Browne.

Typee; a real romance of the South Seas 1846

Then there was young Mr. Herman Melville — known as “the man who had lived among the cannibals” — author of books with strange titles like Omoo and Typee, and current¬ly at work on a tale of his whaling voyage.

nancy caldwell sorel | herman melville & nathaniel hawthorne « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2010

Then there was young Mr. Herman Melville — known as “the man who had lived among the cannibals” — author of books with strange titles like Omoo and Typee, and current¬ly at work on a tale of his whaling voyage.

January « 2010 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2010

Having just finished reading Herman Melville's novel, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas, my mind was still occupied with its afterglow.

1965, what I wanted J. Mykell Collinz 2011

I had never even been to the ocean but, after reading Moby-Dick, Billy Budd, Typee, and Omoo, I felt like I had lived at sea for years.

1965, what I wanted J. Mykell Collinz 2011

Melville went on to Tahiti and Hawaii and then returned home almost four years later with those tales of paradise, cannibals and sexual exploits that he published in "Typee" and "Omoo."

Melville's stormy seas Ron Charles 2010