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Pierre (Or, the Ambiguities) (Hardcover)
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Pierre (Or, the Ambiguities) (Hardcover)
Series: Mint Editions
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Loot Price R534
Discovery Miles 5 340
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Pierre: or, The Ambiguities (1852) is a novel by American writer
Herman Melville. Published the year after Moby-Dick—a critical
and commercial failure—Pierre: or, The Ambiguities is a
psychological novel in the tradition of Gothic fiction. Melville
struggled to find a publisher who would pay him in advance for the
book, and its appearance prompted widespread ridicule and
condemnation in the press, with some critics claiming that Melville
himself had gone mad. The novel plunged Melville deeper into
financial ruin, and all but ensured that his next novels, Israel
Potter and The Confidence-Man, would be his last. Pierre
Glendinning Jr. is a nineteen-year-old heir who lives with his
widowed mother at their family manor in upstate New York. Engaged
to the beautiful and respectable Lucy Tartan, Pierre stands to
inherit—with his mother’s approval—a life of comfort and
wealth. When he meets a young woman named Isabel Banford, his
father’s illegitimate daughter, Pierre devises a plan he believes
will solve everyone’s problems: he will marry Isabel, who will
inherit her share of their father’s wealth, thereby preserving
his father’s honor and sparing his mother the embarrassment of
her husband’s infidelity. Pierre marries Isabel in secret, and
when he tells his mother is thrown out of the house and cut off
from his family for good. He moves with Isabel to New York City,
where he hopes to make a life for himself as a writer, but the sins
of the past refuse to let him rest as he wrestles with his choices
and discovers the true nature of his seemingly good intentions.
With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of Herman Melville’s Pierre: or, The
Ambiguities is a classic of American literature reimagined for
modern readers.
General
Imprint: |
Graphic Arts Books
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Mint Editions |
Release date: |
September 2021 |
Authors: |
Herman Melville
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Contributors: |
Mint Editions
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Dimensions: |
203 x 127mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
382 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5132-0584-7 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-5132-0584-6 |
Barcode: |
9781513205847 |
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