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Pierre

By Herman Melville

Pierre

By Herman Melville

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Pierre or the ambiguities investigates the burden of inherited belief, the dissolution of moral certainty, and the personal cost of uncovering hidden truths. Rural landscapes form a delicate surface for deeper unrest, contrasting nature s calm with emotional disarray. The work explores identity, obligation, and self-perception, where social customs and inner contradictions pull against one another. The central figure must reconcile devotion to family with a dawning awareness of conflict between surface appearances and internal convictions. The story deepens its focus on the fracture between what is felt and what must be performed. Idealized love is challenged by shifting moral ground, while relationships reflect the instability of desire and the complexities of self-sacrifice. As personal duty unravels, the narrative resists resolution and instead reveals how clarity gives way to ambiguity under pressure. The emotional and philosophical weight renders a portrait of disillusionment, where belief can no longer guarantee comfort. What emerges is a dense meditation on the collapse of certainty, exposed through psychological intensity and symbolic introspection.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
360
Release Date:
2025-07-01
Publication Date:
2025-07-01
Publisher:
Double 9 Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
9371815876
ISBN13:
9789371815871
Weight:
508 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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