When Pierre was published one year after Moby-Dick , expectations were high. Readers expected--and Melville delivered--adventure, humor, and brilliance. Magnificent and strange, Pierre is a richly allusive novel mirroring both antebellum America and Melville's own life.
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When Pierre was published one year after Moby-Dick , expectations were high. Readers expected--and Melville delivered--adventure, humor, and brilliance. Magnificent and strange, Pierre is a richly allusive novel mirroring both antebellum America and Melville's own life.
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