Its hero, a young American patrician trying to redeem the secret sins of his father, elopes to the city, discovers Bohemian life, attempts a literary epic, and struggles his way through incest, murder, and madness. Pierre or, The Ambiguities, published in 1852 (the year after Moby-Dick), moves between the idyllic Berkshire countryside and the nightmare landscape of early New York City.
With the publication of this Library of America volume, the third of three volumes, all Melville’s fiction has now been restored to print for the first time. OL14953743W Page_number_confidence 85.31 Pages 390 Partner Innodata Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20200829144123 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 518 Scandate 20200828035641 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781593082536 Tts_version 4.Forgoing the narratives of the sea that prevailed in his earlier works, Melville’s later fiction contains some of the finest and many of his keenest and bleakest observations of life, not on the high seas, but at home in America. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 17:07:26 Associated-names O'Meally, Robert G Boxid IA1918212 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
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