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Pierre, or, The ambiguities

Melville, Herman (1819-1891)
  
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TO Greylock's Most Excellent Majesty.
  
TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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BOOK I. PIERRE JUST EMERGING FROM HIS TEENS.
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I.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
 5. 
V.
 6. 
VI.
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BOOK II. LOVE, DELIGHT, AND ALARM.
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I.
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II.
 3. 
III.
 4. 
IV.
 5. 
V.
 6. 
VI.
 7. 
VII.
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BOOK III. THE PRESENTIMENT AND THE VERIFICATION.
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I.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
 6. 
VI.
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BOOK IV. RETROSPECTIVE.
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I.
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II.
 3. 
III.
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IV.
 5. 
V.
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BOOK V. MISGIVINGS AND PREPARATIONS.
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I.
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II.
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III.
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IV
 5. 
V.
 6. 
VI.
 7. 
VII.
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BOOK VI. ISABEL, AND THE FIRST PART OF THE STORY OF ISABEL.
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I.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
 5. 
V.
 6. 
VI.
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BOOK VII. INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN PIERRE'S TWO INTERVIEWS WITH ISABEL AT THE FARM-HOUSE.
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I.
 2. 
II.
 3. 
III.
 4. 
IV.
 5. 
V.
 6. 
VI.
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VII.
 8. 
VIII.
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BOOK VIII. THE SECOND INTERVIEW AT THE FARM-HOUSE, AND THE SECOND PART OF THE STORY OF ISABEL. THEIR IMMEDIATE IMPULSIVE EFFECT UPON PIERRE.
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I.
 2. 
II.
 3. 
III.
 4. 
IV.
 5. 
V.
 6. 
VI.
 7. 
VII.
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BOOK IX. MORE LIGHT, AND THE GLOOM OF THAT LIGHT. MORE GLOOM, AND THE LIGHT OF THAT GLOOM.
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I.
 2. 
II.
 3. 
III.
 4. 
IV.
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BOOK X. THE UNPRECEDENTED FINAL RESOLUTION OF PIERRE.
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I.
 2. 
II.
 3. 
III.
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BOOK XI. HE CROSSES THE RUBICON.
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I.
 2. 
II.
 3. 
III.
 4. 
IV.
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BOOK XII. ISABEL: MRS. GLENDINNING: THE PORTRAIT: AND LUCY.
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I.
 2. 
II.
 3. 
III.
 4. 
IV.
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BOOK XIII. THEY DEPART THE MEADOWS.
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I.
 2. 
II.
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BOOK XIV. THE JOURNEY AND THE PAMPHLET.
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I.
 2. 
II.
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III.
 1. 
LECTURE FIRST.
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BOOK XV. THE COUSINS.
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I.
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II.
 3. 
III.
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BOOK XVI. FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY.
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I.
 2. 
II.
 3. 
III.
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BOOK XVII. YOUNG AMERICA IN LITERATURE.
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I.
 2. 
II.
 3. 
III.
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BOOK XVIII. PIERRE, AS A JUVENILE AUTHOR, RECONSIDERED.
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I.
 2. 
II.
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BOOK XIX. THE CHURCH OF THE APOSTLES.
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I.
 2. 
II.
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BOOK XX. CHARLIE MILLTHORPE.
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I.
 2. 
II.
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BOOK XXI. PIERE IMMATURELY ATTEMPTS A MATURE WORK. TIDINGS FROM THE MEADOWS. PLINLIMMON.
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I.
 2. 
II.
 3. 
III.
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BOOK XXII. THE FLOWER-CURTAIN LIFTED FROM BEFORE A TROPICAL AUTHOR, WITH SOME REMARKS ON THE TRANSCENDENTAL FLESH-BRUSH PHILOSOPHY.
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I.
 2. 
II.
 3. 
III.
 4. 
IV.
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BOOK XXIII. A LETTER FOR PIERRE. ISABEL. ARRIVAL OF LUCY'S EASEL AND TRUNKS AT THE APOSTLES'.
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I.
 2. 
II.
 3. 
III.
 4. 
IV.
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BOOK XXIV. LUCY AT THE APOSTLES.
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I.
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II.
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III.
 4. 
IV.
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BOOK XXV. LUCY, ISABEL, AND PIERRE. PIERRE AT HIS BOOK. ENCELADUS.
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I.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
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BOOK XXVI. A WALK: A FOREIGN PORTRAIT: A SAIL: AND THE END.
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I.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
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VI.
 7. 
VII.

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Title Page

Page Title Page
PIERRE;
OR,
THE AMBIGUITIES.

BY

HERMAN MELVILLE.

NEW YORK:

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS
329 & 331 PEARL STREET,
FRANKLIN SQUARE.

1852.
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Page Copyright Page
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by
HERMAN MELVILLE,
In the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New York.
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