The Confidence-man
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The Confidence-Man
By Herman MelvilleOther works include Typee (1846), Omoo (1847), Mardi and a Voyage Thither (2v/1849), Redburn: His First Voyage (1849), White-Jacket (1850), Pierre (1852), Israel Potter: Fifty Years of Exile (1855), The Piazza Tales (1856), Benito Cereno ...
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The Confidence-man: His Masquerade
By Herman MelvilleThe Confidence-Man: His Masquerade is the ninth book and final novel by American writer Herman Melville, first published in New York in 1857. The book was published on April 1,...
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The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade
By Herman MelvilleA shape-shifting grifter boards a Mississippi riverboat to expose the pretenses, hypocrisies, and self-delusions of his fellow passengers. Melville's comic allegory challenges the optimism and materialism of mid-nineteenth century America.
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The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade
By Herman MelvilleThe 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.
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The Confidence-Man: Large Print
By Herman MelvilleIn Melville's time the book was such a failure he abandoned fiction writing for twenty years; only in the twentieth century did critics celebrate its technical virtuosity, wit, comprehensive social vision, and wry scepticism.
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The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade (Classic Reprint)
By Herman MelvilleThe Confidence-Man is the last major work written by famous American novelist Herman Melville. It was first published in 1857, being released on April Fool's day which is also the setting of the story.
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The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade.
By Herman Melville... my dear Frank, wouldn't do you any harm, let me tell you. Cold-blooded? You say that, because my disclosure seems to involve a vile prudence on my side. But not so. My reason for choosing you in part for the points I have mentioned, was ...
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The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade
By Herman MelvilleThe name Herman Melville is synonymous with the pinnacle of American literary achievement, and many regard his novel Moby-Dick as the quintessential work of American fiction.
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The Confidence-man: His Masquerade
By Herman Melville... a mysterious stranger at Lake Titicaca , between what are now Peru and ... Fidele is an apocalypse ; in Revelation ( 1:14 ) Christ first appears to ... Fidèle , 8 on the point of starting 3 CHAPTER 1: A mute goes aboard a boat on the ...