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The Confidence-Man

His Masquerade

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Male, female, deft, fraudulent, constantly shifting: which of the masquerade of passengers on the Mississippi steamboat Fidele is the confidence man? The central motif of Melville's last and most modern novel can be seen as a symbol of American cultural history.

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The Confidence-Man, Herman Melville, Tony Tanner, John Dugdale

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1999
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Title
The Confidence-Man
Subtitle
His Masquerade
Language
English
Released
1999
Format
Paperback
Pages
361
ISBN10
0192837621
ISBN13
9780192837622
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Male, female, deft, fraudulent, constantly shifting: which of the masquerade of passengers on the Mississippi steamboat Fidele is the confidence man? The central motif of Melville's last and most modern novel can be seen as a symbol of American cultural history.