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Pierre or the Ambiguities

Pierre or the Ambiguities

Melville, Herman

Hardcover

Mystery & ThrillerGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1161448411
ISBN13: 9781161448412
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: May 23 2010
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.94
Height: 0.88 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Pierre Or The Ambiguities is a novel written by Herman Melville that tells the story of Pierre Glendinning, a young man who inherits a fortune from his father and is thrust into a world of wealth and privilege. However, as he navigates this new world, he begins to question the morality of his own actions and the values of the society he finds himself in. The novel explores themes of identity, morality, and the corrupting influence of wealth and power. It also delves into the complexities of human relationships, particularly those between family members and romantic partners. Throughout the novel, Pierre struggles to reconcile his own desires and ambitions with the expectations of his family and society. He is torn between his love for his cousin, Lucy, and his attraction to a mysterious woman named Isabel. As he grapples with these conflicting emotions, he begins to unravel the secrets and contradictions that lie at the heart of his own identity. Written in Melville's signature style, Pierre Or The Ambiguities is a dense and complex work that challenges readers to question their own assumptions about morality and society. It is a thought-provoking exploration of the human condition that continues to resonate with readers today.By some strange arts, Isabel's wonderful story might have been, some way, and for some cause, forged for her, in her childhood, and craftily impressed upon her youthful mind; which so--like a slight mark in a young tree--and now enlargingly grown with her growth, till it had become this immense staring marvel. Tested by any thing real, practical, and reasonable, what less probable, for instance, than that fancied crossing of the sea in her childhood, when upon Pierre's subsequent questioning of her, she did not even know that the sea was salt.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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