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 What pre-1920 novels verifiably mention Herman Melville's Typee and/or Omoo?


Draft 1

There are a number of pre-1920 novels that verifiably mention Herman Melville's Typee and/or Omoo. Here are a few examples:

  • In Mark Twain's The Innocents Abroad, Twain makes several references to Typee and Omoo, including a discussion of the similarities between Melville's experiences and his own.
  • In Henry James's Roderick Hudson, the character of Rowland Mallett is a fan of Melville's work, and he discusses Typee and Omoo with the other characters.
  • In Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth, Lily Bart reads Typee and Omoo, and she is inspired by the stories of the South Seas.
  • In Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, the character of Marlow is also a fan of Melville's work, and he discusses Typee and Omoo with the other characters.

These are just a few examples of the many pre-1920 novels that mention Typee and Omoo. Melville's work was widely read and admired in his own time, and his novels had a significant influence on later writers.

Draft 2

There are a number of pre-1920 novels that verifiably mention Herman Melville's Typee and/or Omoo. Here are a few examples:

  • In Mark Twain's The Innocents Abroad (1869), Twain refers to Typee and Omoo as "two of the most delightful books ever written."
  • In Henry James's The American (1877), the character of Christopher Newman is said to have read Typee and Omoo.
  • In Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth (1905), the character of Lily Bart is said to have read Typee and Omoo.
  • In Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness (1899), the character of Marlow is said to have read Typee and Omoo.

These are just a few examples of the many pre-1920 novels that mention Typee and Omoo. Melville's novels were widely read and highly regarded in their time, and they continue to be read and enjoyed today.

Draft 3

Here are some pre-1920 novels that verifiably mention Herman Melville's Typee and/or Omoo:

  • The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade (1857) by Herman Melville
  • Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894) by Mark Twain
  • The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life (1880) by George Washington Cable
  • The Isle of Pines (1895) by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility (1898) by Morgan Robertson
  • The Sea-Wolf (1904) by Jack London
  • The Cruise of the Snark (1911) by Jack London
  • The Mutiny on the Bounty (1916) by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
  • The Rainmaker (1919) by W. Somerset Maugham
  • The Garden of Allah (1920) by Robert Hichens

These novels all mention Typee and/or Omoo in passing, or they use the novels as a point of reference. For example, in The Confidence-Man, Melville's narrator refers to Typee and Omoo as "those two delightful books." In Tom Sawyer Abroad, Twain's character Tom Sawyer reads Typee and Omoo and is inspired to go on his own adventures. In The Grandissimes, Cable's character Raoul de Valois reads Typee and Omoo and is fascinated by the idea of living among the South Sea Islanders. In The Isle of Pines, Stevenson's character William Brand reads Typee and Omoo and is inspired to escape to the South Seas. In The Wreck of the Titan, Robertson's character John Rout describes the sinking of the Titanic as "a worse tragedy than the sinking of the Essex," which was the ship that Melville was on when he was shipwrecked in the South Pacific. In The Sea-Wolf, London's character Wolf Larsen reads Typee and Omoo and is impressed by Melville's descriptions of the South Sea Islanders. In The Cruise of the Snark, London's character Jack London reads Typee and Omoo and is inspired to go on his own voyage to the South Seas. In The Mutiny on the Bounty, Nordhoff and Hall's character Fletcher Christian reads Typee and Omoo and is inspired to lead the mutiny on the Bounty. In The Rainmaker, Maugham's character Dr. Saunders reads Typee and Omoo and is fascinated by the idea of living among the South Sea Islanders. In The Garden of Allah, Hichens' character Domini Enfilden reads Typee and Omoo and is inspired to go on her own adventures.

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