Description
Product ID: | 9780486817514 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Series: | Thrift Editions |
Title: | The Confidence-Man |
Subtitle: | His Masquerade |
Authors: | Author: Herman Melville |
Page Count: | 368 |
Subjects: | Classic fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction (pre c 1945) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating A shape-shifting grifter boards a Mississippi riverboat to expose the pretenses, hypocrisies, and self-delusions of his fellow passengers. Melville''s comic allegory challenges the optimism and materialism of mid-nineteenth century America. On April Fool''s Day in 1856, a shape-shifting grifter boards a Mississippi riverboat to expose the pretenses, hypocrisies, and self-delusions of his fellow passengers. Melville''s comic allegory addresses themes of sincerity, identity, and morality in its challenge to the optimism and materialism of mid-nineteenth-century America. Misunderstood by the author''s contemporaries, the novel is praised today for its stunningly modern techniques. |
Imprint Name: | Dover Publications Inc. |
Publisher Name: | Dover Publications Inc. |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2017-12-29 |