The Confidence-Man His Masquerade Herman Melville The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade is the ninth book and final novel by American writer Herman Melville, first published in New York in 1857. The novel's title refers to its central character, an ambiguous figure who sneaks aboard a Mississippi steamboat on April Fool's Day. This stranger attempts to test the confidence of the passengers, whose varied reactions constitute the bulk of the text. Each person including the reader is forced to confront that in which he places his trust. The Confidence-Man uses the Mississippi River as a metaphor for those broader aspects of American and human identity that unify the otherwise disparate characters. Melville also employs the river's fluidity as a reflection and backdrop of the shifting identities of his "confidence man."

Medios de comunicación	Libros Paperback Book (Libro con tapa blanda y lomo encolado)
Publicado	30 de abril de 2017
ISBN13	9781546383406
Editores	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Páginas	174
Dimensiones	216 × 280 × 9 mm · 417 g
Lengua	Inglés