Pierre, or, The ambiguities ; Israel Potter : his fifty years of exile ; The piazza tales ; The confidence-man : his masquerade ; Uncollected prose ; Billy Budd, sailor : (an inside narrative)

by Herman Melville

Hardcover, 1984

Status

Available

Tags

Literature

Genres

Collection

Schroll Collection

Publication

New York, N.Y. : Literary Classics of the United States : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by Viking Press, c1984.

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User reviews

LibraryThing member jwhenderson
Perhaps Herman Melville's least well-known work, Pierre, is included in this collection of masterworks. Along with short stories and some previously uncollected prose, it also includes The Confidence Man, one of my favorites.

Subjects

Adventure stories, American
Sea stories, American

Language

English

Local notes

Library of America

Barcode

11943

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