The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade (1857). By
- ISBN-10
- 172679797X
- ISBN-13
- 9781726797979
- Series
- The Confidence-man
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 182
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-10-06
- Publisher
- Independently Published
- Author
- Herman Melville
Description
The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade, first published in New York on April Fool's Day 1857, is the ninth book and final novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book was published on the exact day of the novel's setting. The Confidence-Man portrays a Canterbury Tales
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