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A young author abandons his comfortable life and aristocratic fiancée to pursue a dark family secret and a mysterious woman in New York City. Pierre’s descent into poverty and moral ambiguity reveals the terrifying fragility of virtue and the dangers of absolute truth. Melville crafts a dark, psychological Gothic tale that explores the destructive power of idealism.
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GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length17 hrs 14 mins
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Publish dateFeb 24, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1BOOK I. PIERRE JUST EMERGING FROM HIS TEENS.
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75BOOK XII. ISABEL: MRS. GLENDINNING: THE PORTRAIT: AND LUCY.
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8BOOK II. LOVE, DELIGHT, AND ALARM.
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80BOOK XIII. THEY DEPART THE MEADOWS.
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83BOOK XIV. THE JOURNEY AND THE PAMPHLET.
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16BOOK III. THE PRESENTIMENT AND THE VERIFICATION.
87BOOK XV. THE COUSINS.
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91BOOK XVI. FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY.
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23BOOK IV. RETROSPECTIVE.
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95BOOK XVII. YOUNG AMERICA IN LITERATURE.
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99BOOK XVIII. PIERRE, AS A JUVENILE AUTHOR, RECONSIDERED.
29BOOK V. MISGIVINGS AND PREPARATIONS.
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102BOOK XIX. THE CHURCH OF THE APOSTLES.
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105BOOK XX. CHARLIE MILLTHORPE.
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37BOOK VI. ISABEL, AND THE FIRST PART OF THE STORY OF ISABEL.
108BOOK XXI. PIERRE IMMATURELY ATTEMPTS A MATURE WORK. TIDINGS FROM THE MEADOWS. PLINLIMMON.
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112BOOK XXII. THE FLOWER-CURTAIN LIFTED FROM BEFORE A TROPICAL AUTHOR, WITH SOME REMARKS ON THE TRANSCENDENTAL FLESH-BRUSH PHILOSOPHY.
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44BOOK VII. INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN PIERRE’S TWO INTERVIEWS WITH ISABEL AT THE FARM-HOUSE.
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117BOOK XXIII. A LETTER FOR PIERRE. ISABEL. ARRIVAL OF LUCY’S EASEL AND TRUNKS AT THE APOSTLES’.
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122BOOK XXIV. LUCY AT THE APOSTLES.
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53BOOK VIII. THE SECOND INTERVIEW AT THE FARM-HOUSE, AND THE SECOND PART OF THE STORY OF ISABEL. THEIR IMMEDIATE IMPULSIVE EFFECT UPON PIERRE.
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127BOOK XXV. LUCY, ISABEL, AND PIERRE. PIERRE AT HIS BOOK. ENCELADUS.
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61BOOK IX. MORE LIGHT, AND THE GLOOM OF THAT LIGHT. MORE GLOOM, AND THE LIGHT OF THAT GLOOM.
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133BOOK XXVI. A WALK: A FOREIGN PORTRAIT: A SAIL: AND THE END.
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66BOOK X. THE UNPRECEDENTED FINAL RESOLUTION OF PIERRE.
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70BOOK XI. HE CROSSES THE RUBICON
141IMPRINT | DISCLAIMER
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