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EPISODE · Apr 5, 2026 · 20 MIN

Pierre BOOK XX

from The Herman Melville Library · host Herman Melville

In which Pierre renews acquaintance with his youth companion Charles Millthorpe, a well-born yet impecunious young man who has forsaken rural toil for intellectual and philosophical pursuits within the modest confines of the Apostles’ chambers. Charles, buoyed by ambition and a genial egotism, endeavours to uplift himself and his family through a mix of law, transcendental philosophy, and oratory, whilst exhibiting a curious blend of idealism and practical kindness towards Pierre’s impoverished state.

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