{"product_id":"pierre-or-the-ambiguities-9781513270050","title":"Pierre (Or, the Ambiguities)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePierre: or, The Ambiguities\u003c\/i\u003e (1852) is a novel by American writer Herman Melville. Published the year after \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e—a critical and commercial failure—\u003ci\u003ePierre: or, The Ambiguities\u003c\/i\u003e is a psychological novel in the tradition of Gothic fiction. Melville struggled to find a publisher who would pay him in advance for the book, and its appearance prompted widespread ridicule and condemnation in the press, with some critics claiming that Melville himself had gone mad. The novel plunged Melville deeper into financial ruin, and all but ensured that his next novels, \u003ci\u003eIsrael Potter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Confidence-Man\u003c\/i\u003e, would be his last.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePierre Glendinning Jr. is a nineteen-year-old heir who lives with his widowed mother at their family manor in upstate New York. Engaged to the beautiful and respectable Lucy Tartan, Pierre stands to inherit—with his mother’s approval—a life of comfort and wealth. When he meets a young woman named Isabel Banford, his father’s illegitimate daughter, Pierre devises a plan he believes will solve everyone’s problems: he will marry Isabel, who will inherit her share of their father’s wealth, thereby preserving his father’s honor and sparing his mother the embarrassment of her husband’s infidelity. Pierre marries Isabel in secret, and when he tells his mother is thrown out of the house and cut off from his family for good. He moves with Isabel to New York City, where he hopes to make a life for himself as a writer, but the sins of the past refuse to let him rest as he wrestles with his choices and discovers the true nature of his seemingly good intentions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition of Herman Melville’s \u003ci\u003ePierre: or, The Ambiguities\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince our inception in 2020, \u003cb\u003eMint Editions\u003c\/b\u003e has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \n\u003cp\u003eWith thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Herman Melville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48285618471163,"sku":"9781513270050","price":11.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_efc7e975-2b39-47e6-9359-e51698b295cb.jpg?v=1771448485","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/pierre-or-the-ambiguities-9781513270050","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}