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The confidence-man : his masquerade / Herman Melville.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891, author.
- 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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