The Confidence-Man
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title:
The Confidence-Man
text:
The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade, first published in New York on April Fool's Day 1857, is the ninth and final novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book was published on the exact day of the novel's setting. Centered on the title character, The Confidence-Man portrays a group of steamboat passengers. Their interlocking stories are told as they travel on the Mississippi River toward New Orleans. The narrative structure is reminiscent of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. Scholar Robert Mi
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1857 satirical novel by Herman Melville
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Confidence-Man
date created:
2005-08-29T06:26:29Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T11:12:22Z
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