- Fiction, Male authors, Men, American fiction (fictional works by one author)
This Kraken Edition of Pierre, or The Ambiguities is a reconstruction of the text that Melville delivered to Harper & Brothers early in January 1852, just as some of the most devastating reviews of Moby-Dick were appearing.
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Prestige, contemplative, grave and character-led.
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
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- Author
- Herman Melville
- First published
- 1852
- Pages
- 449
- Publisher
- Russell & Russell, North Books, LibriVox
- Editions
- 52
- Language
- English, French, German
- ISBN
- 9780452009967
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“THERE are some strange summer mornings in the country, when he who is but a sojourner from the city shall early walk forth into the fields, and be wonder-smitten with the trance-like aspect of the green and golden world.”
Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and poet who is often classified as part of dark romanticism. He is best known for his novel *Moby Dick* and novella Billy Budd, the latter of which was published posthumously. ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Melville
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