Omoo Audiobook by Herman Melville

Please visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1511 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Omoo Author: Herman Melville Narrator: Robert Blumenfeld Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins Language: English Release date: 08-31-10 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 15 votes Genres: Classics, American Literature Publisher's Summary: Following the commercial and critical success of Typee, Herman Melville continued his series of South Sea adventure-romances with Omoo. Named after the Polynesian term for a rover, or someone who roams from island to island, Omoo chronicles the tumultuous events aboard a South Sea whaling vessel and is based on Melville's personal experiences as a crew member on a ship sailing the Pacific. From recruiting among the natives for sailors to handling deserters and even mutiny, Melville gives a first-person account of life as a sailor during the nineteenth century filled with colorful characters and vivid descriptions of the far-flung locales of Polynesia. Editorial Reviews: Narrator Robert Blumenfeld does not sound like a sailor, but like a scholar performing a work by Melville. Blumenfelds diffident and professorial tone will make listeners feel as if they are hearing a rare lecture on life along the South Seas in the mid-1800s. Although it lacks the action of Melvilles other works, Omoo excels in reportage concerning every aspect of life for natives, missionaries, and sailors. One can see beyond the romance and caricature provided by other writers, and hone in on real life. Melville is unerringly honest; he critiques what he sees, and takes his humor where he finds it. Omoo is Melvilles closeted take on autobiography. A seasoned sailor, Melville imparts his own calm alertness and wit to protagonist Tomas.