ISBN: 9781517269197

'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 Iris… More...

'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.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Myst & Thrill>Thrillers>Thrillers, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

ISBN: 9781517269197

'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 Iris… More...

'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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Myst & Thrill>Thrillers>Thrillers, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

ISBN: 9781517269197

Pierre; or, The Ambiguities is the seventh novel, by American writer Herman Melville, first published in 1852. The plot, which uses many conventions of Gothic fiction, develops the psycho… More...

Pierre; or, The Ambiguities is the seventh novel, by American writer Herman Melville, first published in 1852. The plot, which uses many conventions of Gothic fiction, develops the psychological, sexual, and family tensions between Pierre Glendenning; his widowed mother; Glendenning Stanley, his cousin; Lucy Tartan, his fiancee; and Isabel Banford. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Fiction>Thrillers-Psychological>Thrillers-Psychological, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

ISBN: 9781517269197

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Pierre; or, The Ambiguities is the seventh novel, by American writer Herman Melville, first published in 1852. The plot, whic… More...

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Pierre; or, The Ambiguities is the seventh novel, by American writer Herman Melville, first published in 1852. The plot, which uses many conventions of Gothic fiction, develops the psychological, sexual, and family tensions between Pierre Glendenning; his widowed mother; Glendenning Stanley, his cousin; Lucy Tartan, his fiancee; and Isabel Banford., Encyclopaedias & Reference Works<

ISBN: 9781517269197

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Pierre; or, The Ambiguities is the seventh novel, by American writer Herman Melville, first published in 1852. The plot, whic… More...

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Pierre; or, The Ambiguities is the seventh novel, by American writer Herman Melville, first published in 1852. The plot, which uses many conventions of Gothic fiction, develops the psychological, sexual, and family tensions between Pierre Glendenning; his widowed mother; Glendenning Stanley, his cousin; Lucy Tartan, his fiancee; and Isabel Banford., Contemporary Fiction<