Length17h 13m
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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 Isabel Banford, who is revealed to be his half-sister.
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GenreBiography and Memoir, General Fiction
Length17 hrs 13 mins
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Publish dateOct 8, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1TO Greylock's Most Excellent Majesty.
72I.
2BOOK I. PIERRE JUST EMERGING FROM HIS TEENS.
73II.
3I.
74III.
4II.
75IV.
5III.
76BOOK XII. ISABEL: MRS. GLENDINNING: THE PORTRAIT: AND LUCY.
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6IV.
77I.
7V.
78II.
8VI.
79III.
9BOOK II. LOVE, DELIGHT, AND ALARM.
80IV.
10I.
81BOOK XIII. THEY DEPART THE MEADOWS.
11II.
82I.
12III.
83II.
13IV.
84BOOK XIV. THE JOURNEY AND THE PAMPHLET.
14V.
85I.
15VI.
86II.
16VII.
87III.
17BOOK III. THE PRESENTIMENT AND THE VERIFICATION.
88BOOK XV. THE COUSINS.
18I.
89I.
19II.
90II.
20III.
91III.
21IV.
92BOOK XVI. FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY.
22V.
93I.
23VI.
94II.
24BOOK IV. RETROSPECTIVE.
95III.
25I.
96BOOK XVII. YOUNG AMERICA IN LITERATURE.
26II.
97I.
27III.
98II.
28IV.
99III.
29V.
100BOOK XVIII. PIERRE, AS A JUVENILE AUTHOR, RECONSIDERED.
30BOOK V. MISGIVINGS AND PREPARATIONS.
101I.
31I.
102II.
32II.
103BOOK XIX. THE CHURCH OF THE APOSTLES.
33III.
104I.
34IV.
105II.
35V.
106BOOK XX. CHARLIE MILLTHORPE.
36VI.
107I.
37VII.
108II.
38BOOK VI. ISABEL, AND THE FIRST PART OF THE STORY OF ISABEL.
109BOOK XXI. PIERRE IMMATURELY ATTEMPTS A MATURE WORK. TIDINGS FROM THE MEADOWS. PLINLIMMON.
39I.
110I.
40II.
111II.
41III.
112III.
42IV.
113BOOK XXII. THE FLOWER-CURTAIN LIFTED FROM BEFORE A TROPICAL AUTHOR, WITH SOME REMARKS ON THE TRANSCENDENTAL FLESH-BRUSH PHILOSOPHY.
43V.
114I.
44VI.
115II.
45BOOK VII. INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN PIERRE'S TWO INTERVIEWS WITH ISABEL AT THE FARM-HOUSE.
116III.
46I.
117IV.
47II.
118BOOK XXIII. A LETTER FOR PIERRE. ISABEL. ARRIVAL OF LUCY'S EASEL AND TRUNKS AT THE APOSTLES'.
48III.
119I.
49IV.
120II.
50V.
121III.
51VI.
122IV.
52VII.
123BOOK XXIV. LUCY AT THE APOSTLES.
53VIII.
124I.
54BOOK VIII. THE SECOND INTERVIEW AT THE FARM-HOUSE, AND THE SECOND PART OF THE STORY OF ISABEL. THEIR IMMEDIATE IMPULSIVE EFFECT UPON PIERRE.
125II.
55I.
126III.
56II.
127IV.
57III.
128BOOK XXV. LUCY, ISABEL, AND PIERRE. PIERRE AT HIS BOOK. ENCELADUS.
58IV.
129I.
59V.
130II.
60VI.
131III.
61VII.
132IV.
62BOOK IX. MORE LIGHT, AND THE GLOOM OF THAT LIGHT. MORE GLOOM, AND THE LIGHT OF THAT GLOOM.
133V.
63I.
134BOOK XXVI. A WALK: A FOREIGN PORTRAIT: A SAIL: AND THE END.
64II.
135I.
65III.
136II.
66IV.
137III.
67BOOK X. THE UNPRECEDENTED FINAL RESOLUTION OF PIERRE.
138IV.
68I.
139V.
69II.
140VI.
70III.
141VII.
71BOOK XI. HE CROSSES THE RUBICON
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