Shelf Bound Books

  Join Fred and Dave as they journey to the exotic South Seas to live with the Typees. Yes, it's the novel that announced Herman Melville to the world - but is it one that makes the shelf?   Further Reading Some further listening as well as reading this week - an interesting Radio 4 documentary on Melville is well worth your time. You will find all the materials you might want at the pages for The Melville Society and the Life and Works of Herman Melville That said, a few more worth pointing out include this short article about Melville's writing process and this discussion of his personal life And I'd definitely suggest reading D H Lawrence on Typee and this very interesting article about how "realistic" the book truly was.#   NEXT TIME Don't be fooled by the name, it's not Raffles slash fiction but a ghostly short story - "Oh, Whistle, And I'll Come To You, My Lad" Read it online here: http://gaslight.mtroyal.ca/owhistle.htm See you in a fortnight!