Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 [1852], Pierre, or, The ambiguities. (Harper & Brothers, New York) [word count] [eaf644T].

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Pierre; or, the ambiguities.

Front Matter Front matter Covers, Edges and Spine Preliminaries Title Page TO Greylock's Most Excellent Majesty. Preliminaries TABLE OF CONTENTS. Main text BOOK I. PIERRE JUST EMERGING FROM HIS TEENS. BOOK II. LOVE, DELIGHT, AND ALARM. BOOK III. THE PRESENTIMENT AND THE VERIFICATION. BOOK IV. RETROSPECTIVE. BOOK V. MISGIVINGS AND PREPARATIONS. BOOK VI. ISABEL, AND THE FIRST PART OF THE STORY OF ISABEL. BOOK VII. INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN PIERRE'S TWO INTERVIEWS WITH ISABEL AT THE FARM-HOUSE. BOOK VIII. THE SECOND INTERVIEW AT THE FARM-HOUSE, AND THE SECOND PART OF THE STORY OF ISABEL. THEIR IMMEDIATE IMPULSIVE EFFECT UPON PIERRE. BOOK IX. MORE LIGHT, AND THE GLOOM OF THAT LIGHT. MORE GLOOM, AND THE LIGHT OF THAT GLOOM. BOOK X. THE UNPRECEDENTED FINAL RESOLUTION OF PIERRE. BOOK XI. HE CROSSES THE RUBICON. BOOK XII. ISABEL: MRS. GLENDINNING: THE PORTRAIT: AND LUCY. BOOK XIII. THEY DEPART THE MEADOWS. BOOK XIV. THE JOURNEY AND THE PAMPHLET. BOOK XV. THE COUSINS. BOOK XVI. FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY. BOOK XVII. YOUNG AMERICA IN LITERATURE. BOOK XVIII. PIERRE, AS A JUVENILE AUTHOR, RECONSIDERED. BOOK XIX. THE CHURCH OF THE APOSTLES. BOOK XX. CHARLIE MILLTHORPE. BOOK XXI. PIERE IMMATURELY ATTEMPTS A MATURE WORK. TIDINGS FROM THE MEADOWS. PLINLIMMON. BOOK XXII. THE FLOWER-CURTAIN LIFTED FROM BEFORE A TROPICAL AUTHOR, WITH SOME REMARKS ON THE TRANSCENDENTAL FLESH-BRUSH PHILOSOPHY. BOOK XXIII. A LETTER FOR PIERRE. ISABEL. ARRIVAL OF LUCY'S EASEL AND TRUNKS AT THE APOSTLES'. BOOK XXIV. LUCY AT THE APOSTLES. BOOK XXV. LUCY, ISABEL, AND PIERRE. PIERRE AT HIS BOOK. ENCELADUS. BOOK XXVI. A WALK: A FOREIGN PORTRAIT: A SAIL: AND THE END. Back matter