Description
A wealthy, idealistic young heir, Pierre Glendinning, seems destined for a life of privilege and purpose—until a sudden emotional and moral upheaval fractures his certainty and forces him to confront what he truly believes. As Pierre’s private yearnings collide with the expectations of family, society, and “respectability,” the novel turns from a seemingly intimate romance into a dark, high-stakes tragedy of obsession, self-invention, and spiritual crisis. Melville’s famously barbed style—part sentimental parody, part philosophical reckoning—threads themes of identity, ambiguity, desire, and the destructive hunger for meaning. With echoes of classic family catastrophes and modern psychological modernism, this is a novel about how an ordinary man can become the architect of his own ruin.
Available Editions
paperback
Independently Published
Published Jan 1, 2019
486 pages
ISBN: 9781691156627
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Details
First Published
1852
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Pierre by Herman Melville.