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Omoo
- By: Herman Melville
- Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4 out of 5 stars 36
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.
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See Melville's Fiction Genius Pushing Hard
- By Darwin8u on 05-16-14
- Omoo
- By: Herman Melville
- Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
The ways western civilization corrupted the ways of the native island people.
Reviewed: 06-07-24
Given the history of the world and the approach of European cultures to dominate it, I’m sure these Islands and the indigenous people would eventually have to blend in, however the damage done to their culture in the name of Christianity by the missionary is in hindsight disgraceful.
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