Travel Stories

The narrator escapes from the Typee Valley and joins a whaling ship sailing through the South Seas.

The book is based on the author's own real-life experiences in the South Pacific.

A young American girl traveling in Europe with her family, and her behavior clashes with the conservative values of Europe.

A young American sailor who abandons his whaling ship along with a shipmate while docked in the Marquesas Islands.

A humorous sequel to his earlier novel Three Men in a Boat. It follows the same three friends on another misadventure.

A tourist visiting the ruins of a castle in Sicily hears about the tragic story of the Mazzini family.

A semi-autobiographical novel that explores life aboard a U.S. Navy warship based on Melville’s own experiences.

A semi-autobiographical novel, drawing on the author's own youthful experiences at sea.

Three friends decide to take a boating holiday on the River Thames from Kingston to Oxford. They are accompanied by a mischievous dog.

An aging man becomes obsessed with books about knights and chivalry. Believing these tales, he renames himself Don Quixote and sets out to revive knighthood.