Pierre

by Melville, Herman

'Ambiguities indeed! One long brain-muddling, soul-bewildering 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'the'lantern to guide the wanderer's footsteps - the dream of a distempered stomach, disordered by a hasty supper on half-cooked pork chops." So judged the New York Herald when Pierre was first published in 1852, with most contemporary reviewers joining in the general condemnation: 'a dead failure,' 'this crazy rigmarole,' and "a literary mare's nest." Latter-day critics have recognized in the story of Melville's idealistic young hero a corrosive satire of the sentimental-Gothic novel, and a revolutionary foray into modernist literary techniques.

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1852. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original purple/gray cloth decorated in blind and spine stamped in silver. Near Fine with light lean and sunning to spine, neat restoration to cloth at head, rubbing to joints. Previous owner name partially abraded from title page, leaving several small holes.… Read more about this item
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by Melville, Herman (Hershel Parker, editor)

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1995
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PIERRE; ISRAEL POTTER; THE PIAZZA TALES; THE CONFIDENCE MAN; UNCOLLECTED PROSE; BILLY BUDD, SAILOR

by Melville, Herman

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New York: The Library of America, 1984. (1984), 1478pp, blue cloth, decorative eps, slipcase, 'The Library of America, No. 24', light spotting to cover, slight wrinkling to front flyleaf (printing error), no dj (as issued), some rubbing & slight shelfwear to slipcase, contents clean & unamrked.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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0061180165
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by Melville, Herman

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by Herman Melville

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Pierre; or The Ambiguities

by Herman Melville

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