The Confidence-Man
of Herman Melville, Tony Tanner (Editor), John Dugdale (Editor)
Description
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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- Format Paperback
- Pages 361 pages
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Publication Date November 11th 1999
- First Publication April 1st 1857
- Language English
- ISBN 9780192837622
- Edition Oxford World's Classics
- Category Fiction
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