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The confidence man : his masquerade

The 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. In The Confidence-Man, Melville's final major novel, the author explores the motivations, travails, and personalities of a group of boat passengers en route to New Orleans, as well as the mysterious trickster figure who riles things up at the margins of the group.

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  • "The 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. In The Confidence-Man, Melville's final major novel, the author explores the motivations, travails, and personalities of a group of boat passengers en route to New Orleans, as well as the mysterious trickster figure who riles things up at the margins of the group."@en
  • "This copy is part of a hypertexts collection produced by students and faculty at the University of Virginia American Studies Program."@en
  • "Savage irony and black humor as Melville's Confidence-Man strips away the hypocritical pretenses of fellow passengers on a Mississippi steamboat."
  • "Op 'All Fools Day' verschijnen op een raderboot op de Mississippi achtereenvolgens acht oplichters aan boord, die een en dezelfde persoon blijken te zijn."
  • "In Herman Melville's The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade, a group of steamboat passengers paddle to New Orleans on April Fool's Day. As the Mississippi carries them down river, everyone is selling something: quack remedies; stock in a mining company about to fail; a fraudulent charity for widows and orphans. Set on the eve of the Civil War, as the frontier rapidly expands and Native Americans are driven to near-extinction, Melville's narrative poses the question: "In which institution does one place one's faith'" A satire on the works of Manifest Destiny, The Confidence-Man was Herman Melville's last novel before he retired from writing. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library."@en
  • "Pierre Glendinning is 19 years old and the heir of an old manor in the state of New York. Although already engaged to Lucy Tartan, he is more than thrilled when he meets his illegitimate half-sister Isabel Banford, a very mysterious person. He struggles on to find a solution to give her the proper share of the heritage without discrediting his father's name."
  • "Herman Melville's last major novel is a cynical allegory taking place on a Mississippi riverboat on April Fool's Day as it travels toward New Orleans. It portrays a group of passengers - including several satires of 19th-century literary greats - and their reactions to the central character, an ambiguous stranger who sneaks aboard and tests their confidence. King of a world without principle, he capitalizes on false hopes and offers false pity."
  • "Set on a Mississippi steamer on April Fool's Day and populated by a series of shape-shifting con men, The Confidence-Man is a challenging metaphysical and ethical exploration of antebellum American society."
  • "Set on a Mississippi steamer on April Fool's Day and populated by a series of shape-shifting con men, The Confidence-Man is a challenging metaphysical and ethical exploration of antebellum American society."@en
  • "Set on a Mississippi steamer on April Fool's Day and populated by a series of shape-shifting con men, this is a challenging metaphysical and ethical exploration of antebellum American society."@en
  • "Presents the authoritative text of Herman Melville's classic work "The Confidence Man;" and contains textual and explanatory notes, contemporary reviews and critical essays, and biographical overviews."
  • "Savage irony and black humor as Melville's Confidence-Man strips away the hypocritical pretenses of fellow passengers on a Mississippi steamboat. Originally published 1857."@en
  • "Like a microcosm of America, the Fidele, a Mississippi steamboat bound for New Orleans, floats downstream without reaching its goal, its passengers all the victims or abusers of trust or confidence."

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  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Fiction"
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  • "Fiction"@es
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Hauptwerk vor 1945"
  • "Genres littéraires"
  • "Online-Publikation"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Powieść amerykańska"
  • "Powieść amerykańska"@pl
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Livres électroniques"
  • "Online resources"@en
  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en
  • "Bibliography"@en
  • "Classic Fiction"@en
  • "Adventure fiction"@en
  • "Aufsatzsammlung"
  • "Vertalingen (vorm)"
  • "Satire"
  • "Satire"@en
  • "Allegories"
  • "Allegories"@en
  • "Allegories"@es
  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Roman américain"
  • "Large type books"
  • "Satire, American"

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  • "The confidence-man, his masquerade an authoritative text, backgrounds and sources, reviews, criticism, an annotated bibliography"@en
  • "The confidence man : his masquerade ; an authoritative text, backgrounds and sources, reviews, criticism, an annot. bibliogr./ ed. by Hershel Parker"
  • "The Confidence-man : his masquerade"@en
  • "The Confidence-man : his masquerade"
  • "L'uomo di fiducia : (una mascherata)"@it
  • "L'uomo di fiducia : (una mascherata)"
  • "The Confidence-Man: Edited by Stephen Matterson (Penguin Classics)"
  • "The confidence-man, his masquerade : an authoritative text, backgrounds and sources, reviews, criticism, an annotated bibliography"
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  • "The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade Extended Annotated Edition"
  • "The confidence-man: his masquerade. An authoritative text, backgrounds and sources, reviews, criticism, an annotated bibliography. Edited by Hershel Parker"@en
  • "The confidence-man: his masquerade : his masquerade"@en
  • "The confidence-man ; and, Billy Budd, sailor"@en
  • "El timador"@es
  • "El timador"
  • "The confidence-Man : his Masquerade"
  • "The Confidence-Man: his masquerade"
  • "O vigarista : seus truques"
  • "The confidence-man"
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  • "L'uomo di fiducia (una mascherata)"
  • "L'uomo di fiducia (una mascherata)"@it
  • "Maskeraden oder Vertrauen gegen Vertrauen"
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  • "The Confidence-Man ... With an afterword by R.W.B. Lewis"@en
  • "The confidence-man : his masquerade : an authoritative text, contemporary reviews, biographical overviews, source, backgrounds, and criticism"
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  • "His masquerade"@en
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  • "The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade Elektronische Ressource"
  • "The confidence-Man, his masquerade"
  • "The confidence-man: his masquerade"@en
  • "The confidence-man: his masquerade"
  • "The confidence-man : His masquerade"
  • "The Confidence-Man"@en
  • "The confidence-man: his masquerade : an authoritative text backgrounds and sources reviews criticism an annotated bibliography"
  • "El estafador y sus disfraces"@es
  • "The confidence-man: His masquerade : With an introd., illustr., and a bibliogr"
  • "The confidence-man: his masquerade; an authoritative text, backgrounds and sources, reviews, criticism [and] an annotated bibliography"@en
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  • "The confidence-man : his masquerade"
  • "The Confidence-man : his masquerade : an authoritative text backgrounds and sources reviews: criticism an annotated bibliography"
  • "L'uomo di fiducia una mascherata"
  • "De maskerade"
  • "The Confidence-man - his masquerade"@en
  • "The Confidence-Man ... Edited with an introduction by Hennig Cohen"@en
  • "The confidence-man his masquerade"@en
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  • "Confidence-Man His Masquerade"@en
  • "The Confidence-man : his masquerade : an authoritative text, contemporary reviews, biographical overviews, sources, backgrounds, and criticism"
  • "The confidence-man : his masquerade. With an introd. by Roy Fuller"@en
  • "The confidence-man: his masquerade : an authoritative text, contemporary reviews, biographical overviews, sources, backgrounds and criticism"
  • "El embaucador"@es
  • "The confidence man : his masquerade. With an introduction illustrated and a bibliography prepared by John Seelye"@en

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