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The confidence-man : his masquerade / Herman Melville.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891, author.
Contributor:
Dugdale, John (Jonathan Vivian), writer of added commentary.
Series:
Oxford world's classics
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Social conditions.
United States--Social conditions--19th century--Fiction.
United States.
Genre:
Fiction.
Novels.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xlvi, 361 pages) : map.
Edition:
[New edition] / with an introduction by Tony Tanner ; and explanatory notes by John Dugdale.
Place of Publication:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
System Details:
text file
Summary:
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.
Notes:
This edition previously issued in print: 1989.
Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on print version record and publisher information.
Other Format:
Print version :
ISBN:
9780191923012
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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