Pierre, or Ambiguities.

 

Herman Melville is primarily known for the masterpiece «Moby Dick», which has been published and adapted multiple times. But few know that the writer had a second great work. This edition includes the most discussed, unpredictable, and mysterious novel «Pierre,... or Ambiguities», published in Russian for the first time.
In America, in the wealthy ancestral estate of Sedgely Luga, the Glendinning family leads a luxurious and carefree existence - Mrs. Glendinning moves in the highest circles of local society; her son, Pierre, an athlete and talented young writer who has gained initial fame, is about to marry the lovely Lucy, whom he seems to be hopelessly in love with. But an accidental encounter with the mysterious beauty Isabella threatens to destroy Pierre's entire happy life, as it unveils the veil of a dark family secret...