First Edition by Herman Melville, Pierre or the Ambiguities

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General Description: "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' 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."

Title: Pierre or the Ambiguities
Author: Herman Melville
Copywrite: 1929
First Edition: Yes
Signed: No

Estimated Retail Value: $87.00
*estimate is subjective based on number of available copies and comparable condition of copy.

Condition: Very Good
Notable Blemishes: None

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