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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
New Amer Library
Publication date
October 1, 1984
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reissue
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780451518965
ISBN-10
0451518969
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$4.95
§As reported by publisher
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
Melville's Short Novels | Redburn, His First Voyage | The Confidence-Man | Typee | Israel Potter | White-Jacket | Great Short Works of Herman Melville | Moby Dick | Melville
Melville's Short Novels | Redburn, His First Voyage | The Confidence-Man | Typee | Israel Potter | White-Jacket | Great Short Works of Herman Melville | Moby Dick | Melville
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
· The Harper & Brothers 1852 first edition of the novel, accompanied by Robert S. Levine and Cindy Weinsteinâs editorial matter.
· Six illustrations.
· Contextual and source materials, including letters, responses to Pierre by Melvilleâs contemporaries, and works by Daniel Webster, Thomas Cole, James Fenimore Cooper, Lydia Maria Child, and Nathaniel Hawthorne, among others, that give readers a sense of Pierreâs time and place.
· Seven critical essays on Pierreâs major themes by Sacvan Bercovitch, James Creech, Samuel Otter, Wyn Kelley, Cindy Weinstein, Jeffory A. Clymer, and Dominic Mastroianni.
· A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography.
When Pierre was published one year after Moby-Dick, expectations were high. Readers expectedâand Melville deliveredâadventure, humor, and brilliance. Magnificent and strange, Pierre is a richly allusive novel mirroring both antebellum America and Melvilleâs own life.
This Norton Critical Edition includes:· The Harper & Brothers 1852 first edition of the novel, accompanied by Robert S. Levine and Cindy Weinsteinâs editorial matter.
· Six illustrations.
· Contextual and source materials, including letters, responses to Pierre by Melvilleâs contemporaries, and works by Daniel Webster, Thomas Cole, James Fenimore Cooper, Lydia Maria Child, and Nathaniel Hawthorne, among others, that give readers a sense of Pierreâs time and place.
· Seven critical essays on Pierreâs major themes by Sacvan Bercovitch, James Creech, Samuel Otter, Wyn Kelley, Cindy Weinstein, Jeffory A. Clymer, and Dominic Mastroianni.
· A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography.
Editions
Editions for the work Pierre or the Ambiguities
Hardcover
Large print edition from North Books (January 3, 2004); titled "Pierre, Or: The Ambiguities"
9781582877631 | details & prices | 600 pages | 5.75 × 8.25 × 1.50 in. | 1.80 lbs | List price $28.00
About: 'Ambiguities indeed!
About: 'Ambiguities indeed!
from North Books (May 1, 1999); titled "Pierre, or: The Ambiguities"
9781582871134 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.55 lbs | List price $25.00
With Hershel Parker (other contributor) |
from Harpercollins (November 1, 1995); titled "Pierre: Or the Ambiguities"
9780061180095 | details & prices | 449 pages | 5.75 × 8.00 × 1.50 in. | 2.05 lbs | List price $16.00
About: A reconstruction of Melville's original text omits the 'Pierre as author' subplot that was later assimilated and is accompanied by thirty full-color pictures by Maurice Sendak
About: A reconstruction of Melville's original text omits the 'Pierre as author' subplot that was later assimilated and is accompanied by thirty full-color pictures by Maurice Sendak
from Hendricks House (December 1, 1962); titled "Pierre, or the Ambiguities"
9780875320038 | details & prices | 6.00 × 8.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $29.95
Paperback
With Herman Melville |
from Createspace Independent Pub (September 9, 2015); titled "Pierre: Or, the Ambiguities"
9781517269197 | details & prices | 544 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.23 in. | List price $18.50
With Herman Melville |
from Createspace Independent Pub (August 7, 2015); titled "Pierre: Or the Ambiguities"
9781515389422 | details & prices | 542 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.23 in. | List price $18.95
With Herman Melville |
from Createspace Independent Pub (July 18, 2015); titled "Pierre: Or, the Ambiguities"
9781515133865 | details & prices | 256 pages | 8.50 × 11.00 × 0.58 in. | List price $11.95
About: Pierre; or, The Ambiguities is a novel, the seventh book, by American writer Herman Melville, first published in New York in 1852.
About: Pierre; or, The Ambiguities is a novel, the seventh book, by American writer Herman Melville, first published in New York in 1852.
With Herman Melville |
from Createspace Independent Pub (June 4, 2015); titled "Pierre; or the Ambiguities"
9781514228395 | details & prices | 140 pages | 8.50 × 11.00 × 0.32 in. | List price $7.49
With Herman Melville |
from Createspace Independent Pub (March 24, 2015); titled "Pierre: Or the Ambiguities"
9781505538922 | details & prices | 326 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.74 in. | 1.23 lbs | List price $24.99
With Herman Melville |
from Gardners Books (February 1, 2014)
9781483703930 | details & prices | 246 pages | List price $19.40
About: Pierre; or, The Ambiguities tells the story of Pierre Glendinning Jr.
About: Pierre; or, The Ambiguities tells the story of Pierre Glendinning Jr.
With Herman Melville |
from Createspace Independent Pub (July 6, 2013)
9781490928364 | details & prices | 356 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.89 in. | List price $17.95
With Herman Melville |
from Createspace Independent Pub (May 8, 2013); titled "Pierre: Or, the Ambiguities"
9781484906613 | details & prices | 180 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.41 in. | List price $8.99
About: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
About: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
With Herman Melville |
from Createspace Independent Pub (May 4, 2013); titled "Pierre: Or, the Ambiguities"
9781484885536 | details & prices | 392 pages | 7.44 × 9.69 × 0.89 in. | 1.92 lbs | List price $15.00
With Herman Melville |
from Createspace Independent Pub (August 23, 2012); titled "Pierre: Or, the Ambiguities"
9781479173747 | details & prices | 622 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.41 in. | List price $26.99
With Herman Melville |
from Digireads.Com (January 30, 2012); titled "Pierre, Or, the Ambiguities"
9781420944495 | details & prices | 249 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $9.99
from Kessinger Pub Co (June 30, 2004)
9781419141607 | details & prices | 384 pages | 7.25 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.46 lbs | List price $33.95
With William C. Spengemann (other contributor) |
Reprint edition from Penguin Classics (January 1, 1996); titled "Pierre, Or, the Ambiguities"
9780140434842 | details & prices | 384 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Restored to Melville's intended form, this story examines the life of an idealistic young hero and satirizes sentimental gothic novels.
About: Restored to Melville's intended form, this story examines the life of an idealistic young hero and satirizes sentimental gothic novels.
from Northwestern Univ Pr (August 1, 1992)
9780810102675 | details & prices | 5.00 × 6.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $45.00
About: Contains the text of Melville's gothic romance and includes notes on its composition, autobiographical elements, and theme
About: Contains the text of Melville's gothic romance and includes notes on its composition, autobiographical elements, and theme
The price comparison is for this edition
With Jeanna Maria Zivalich |
Reissue edition from New Amer Library (October 1, 1984)
9780451518965 | details & prices | List price $4.95
This edition also contains You Are Special
About: When Pierre was published one year after Moby-Dick, expectations were high.
This edition also contains You Are Special
About: When Pierre was published one year after Moby-Dick, expectations were high.
With Barbara A. Stevens, Akimalyah Publishing (other contributor) |
from E P Dutton (November 1, 1964)
9780452009967 | details & prices | List price $5.95
This edition also contains I'm Not Crazy: Anybodies Premonition
This edition also contains I'm Not Crazy: Anybodies Premonition
CD/Spoken Word
With Herman Melville |
Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (May 31, 2016); titled "Pierre: Or, the Ambiguities"
9781504713597 | details & prices | List price $39.95
Editions for the work You Are Special
Paperback
from Createspace Independent Pub (February 13, 2015)
9781508482857 | details & prices | 26 pages | 8.50 × 8.50 × 0.07 in. | List price $9.13
The price comparison is for this edition
With Herman Melville |
Reissue edition from New Amer Library (October 1, 1984); titled "Pierre or the Ambiguities"
9780451518965 | details & prices | List price $4.95
This edition also contains Pierre or the Ambiguities
About: When Pierre was published one year after Moby-Dick, expectations were high.
This edition also contains Pierre or the Ambiguities
About: When Pierre was published one year after Moby-Dick, expectations were high.
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