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Length17h 14m
About this audiobook
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.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length17 hrs 14 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 24, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1BOOK I. PIERRE JUST EMERGING FROM HIS TEENS.
26III.
2I.
27IV.
3II.
28V.
4III.
29BOOK V. MISGIVINGS AND PREPARATIONS.
5IV.
30I.
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6V.
31II.
7VI.
32III.
8BOOK II. LOVE, DELIGHT, AND ALARM.
33IV.
9I.
34V.
10II.
35VI.
11III.
36VII.
12IV.
37BOOK VI. ISABEL, AND THE FIRST PART OF THE STORY OF ISABEL.
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38I.
14VI.
39II.
15VII.
40III.
16BOOK III. THE PRESENTIMENT AND THE VERIFICATION.
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17I.
42V.
18II.
43VI.
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44BOOK VII. INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN PIERRE’S TWO INTERVIEWS WITH ISABEL AT THE FARM-HOUSE.
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45I.
21V.
46II.
22VI.
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23BOOK IV. RETROSPECTIVE.
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24I.
49V.
25II.
50VI.