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Pierre; or, The Ambiguities is the seventh book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in New York in 1852. The novel, which uses many conventions of Gothic fiction, develops the psychological, sexual, and family tensions between Pierre Glendinning; his widowed mother; Glendinning Stanley, his cousin; Lucy Tartan, his fiancée; and ...
- Herman Melville
- 1852
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Jan 15, 2011 · “Pierre, Pierre!—but I will take your arm again;—and have you really nothing more to say? were you really wandering, Pierre?” “I swear to you, my dearest mother, that never before in my whole existence, have I so completely gone wandering in my soul, as at that very moment.
When Pierre Glendinning's lifelong desire for a sister is seemingly realized on the eve of his marriage, his world is suddenly turned upside down, for he must choose between acknowledging his illegitimate half-sister or perpetuating his unsullied family legacy.
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Jan 1, 1996 · One long brain-muddling, soulbewildering ambiguity (to borrow Mr. Melville's style), like Melchisedeck without beginning or end - a labyrinth without a clue - an Irish bog without so much as a Jack o' th'-lantern to guide the wanderer's footsteps - the dream of a distempered stomach, disordered by a hasty supper on half-cooked pork chops".
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- Herman Melville
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- Penguin Classics
Feb 24, 2017 · Magnificent and strange, Pierre is a richly allusive novel mirroring both antebellum America and Melville’s own life. This Norton Critical Edition includes: · The Harper & Brothers 1852 first edition of the novel, accompanied by Robert S. Levine and Cindy Weinstein’s editorial matter.
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Readers expected—and Melville delivered—adventure, humor, and brilliance. Magnificent and strange, Pierre is a richly allusive novel mirroring both antebellum America and Melville’s own life., Pierre Or, The Ambiguities, A Norton Critical Edition, Herman Melville, Robert S Levine, Cindy Weinstein, 9780393938944
