The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville
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"The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade" by Herman Melville is a novel published in 1857. Set aboard a Mississippi River steamboat on April Fool's Day, the story follows mysterious figures who may be the same man in disguise. These confidence men manipulate passengers through fraud, persuasion, and philosophical conversation, exploiting trust and charity. Blending multiple genres and questioning the line between fiction and reality, Melville crafts a cynical satire about deception, faith, and American
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| Author | Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Confidence-Man |
| Credits | LN Yaddanapudi and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 68.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Satire |
| Subject | Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction |
| Subject | Mississippi River -- Fiction |
| Subject | Steamboats -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 21816 |
| Release Date | Jun 12, 2007 |
| Last Update | May 28, 2022 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 12877 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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