Pierre: or, The Ambiguities (1852) is a novel by American writer Herman Melville .
Melville struggled to find a publisher who would pay him in advance for the book, and its appearance prompted widespread ridicule and condemnation in the press, with some critics claiming that Melville himself had gon.
Published the year after Moby-Dick --a critical and commercial failure-- Pierre: or, The Ambiguities is a psychological novel in the tradition of Gothic fiction.
Pierre: or, The Ambiguities (1852) is a novel by American writer Herman Melville