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- # Introduction
## Overview - What this is (type, form, dates, scope)
This is the introduction section of the novel "Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas" by Herman Melville. It is an introductory text extracted from the source file, `omoo.txt`. The introduction spans lines 1-11 of the source file. The text was extracted on January 30, 2026, by the structure-extraction-lambda process.
## Context - Background and provenance from related entities
This introduction is part of the novel [Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas](arke:01KG8AJ7VM7B8YZ2568YF8PQ5J), which is included in the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The text was extracted from the file [omoo.txt](arke:01KG89J1H7Y803CZ7X80F0QFHZ). This introduction precedes the table of contents, [Contents](arke:01KG8AJG6SNC3G4KYQN44R4Q1G), in the novel.
## Contents - What it contains, key subjects and details
The introduction contains the title of the novel, "Omoo" and the subtitle "Adventures in the South Seas" by Herman Melville.
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Omoo
Adventures in the South Seas
by Herman Melville
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- Introduction