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Confidence-Man : His Masquerade by Herman. Melville (2017, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-100486817512
ISBN-139780486817514
eBay Product ID (ePID)237783935
Product Key Features
Book TitleConfidence-Man : His Masquerade
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2017
TopicClassics, Satire
GenreFiction
AuthorHerman. Melville
Book SeriesDover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight7.7 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2017-025747
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal813/.3
Table Of Content1. A Mute Goes Aboard a Boat on the Mississippi 2. Showing That Many Men Have Many Minds 3. In Which a Variety of Characters Appear 4. Renewal of Old Acquaintance 5. The Man with the Weed Makes It an Even Question Whether He Be a Great Sage or a Great Simpleton 6. At the Outset of Which Certain Passengers Prove Deaf to the Call of Charity 7. A Gentleman with Gold Sleeve-Buttons 8. A Charitable Lady 9. Two Business Men Transact a Little Business 10. In the Cabin 11. Only a Page or So 12. Story of the Unfortunate Man, from Which May Be Gathered Whether or No He Has Been Justly So Entitled 13. The Man with the Traveling-Cap Evinces Much Humanity, and in a Way Which Would Seem to Show Him to Be One of the Most Logical of Optimists 14. Worth the Consideration of Those to Whom It May Prove Worth Considering 15. An Old Miser, upon Suitable Representation, Is Prevailed upon to Venture an Investment 16. A Sick Man, After Some Impatience, Is Induced to Become a Patient 17. Towards the End of Which the Herb-Doctor Proves Himself a Forgiver of Injuries 18. Inquest into the True Character of the Herb-Doctor 19. A Soldier of Fortune 20. Reappearance of One Who May Be Remembered 21. A Hard Case 22. In the Polite Spirit of the Tusculan Disputations 23. In Which the Powerful Effect of Natural Scenery Is Evinced in the Case of the Missourian, Who, in View of the Region Round About Cairo, Has a Return of His Chilly Fit 24. A Philanthropist Undertakes to Convert a Misanthrope, but Does Not Get Beyond Confuting Him 25. The Cosmopolitan Makes an Acquaintance 26. Containing the Metaphysics of Indian-Hating, According to the Views of One Evidently Not So Prepossessed as Rousseau in Favor of Savages 27. Some Account of a Man of Questionable Morality, but Who, Nevertheless, Would Seem Entitled to the Esteem of That Eminent English Moralist Who Said He Liked a Good Hater 28. Moot Points Touching the Late Colonel John Moredock 29. The Boon Companions 30. Opening with a Poetical Eulogy of the Press, and Continuing with Talk Inspired by the Same 31. A Metamorphosis More Surprising Than Any in Ovid 32. Showing That the Age of Magic and Magicians Is Not Yet Over 33. Which May Pass for Whatever It May Prove to Be Worth 34. In Which the Cosmopolitan Tells the Story of the Gentleman-Madman 35. In Which the Cosmopolitan Strikingly Evinces the Artlessness of His Nature 36. In Which the Cosmopolitan Is Accosted by a Mystic, Whereupon Ensues Pretty Much Such Talk as Might Be Expected 37. The Mystical Master Introduces the Practical Disciple 38. The Disciple Unbends, and Consents to Act a Social Part 39. The Hypothetical Friends 40. In Which the Story of China Aster Is, at Second-Hand, Told by One Who, While Not Disapproving the Moral, Disclaims the Spirit of the Style 41. Ending with a Rupture of the Hypothesis 42. Upon the Heel of the Last Scene, the Cosmopolitan Enters the Barber's Shop, a Benediction on His Lips 43. Very Charming 44. In Which the Last Three Words of the Last Chapter Are Made the Text of Discourse, Which Will Be Sure of Receiving More or Less Attention from Those Readers Who Do Not Skip It 45. The Cosmopolitan Increases in Seriousness
SynopsisOn 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., 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. The con artist assumes numerous identities -- a disabled beggar, a charity fundraiser, a successful businessman, an urbane gentleman -- to win over his not-entirely-innocent dupes. The central character's shifting identities, as fluid as the river itself, reflect broader aspects of human identity even as his impudent hoaxes form a meditation on illusion and trust. This comic allegory addresses themes of sincerity, character, and morality in its challenge to the optimism and materialism of mid-19th-century America. By the time of its publication, readers had pigeonholed Herman Melville as a writer of adventure yarns. The novel was completely misunderstood by the author's contemporaries, and its financial failure drove him away from fiction. With the passage of time, however, The Confidence-Man has come to be recognized for its stunningly modern techniques and its indictment of the dark side of the American dream., 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.
LC Classification NumberPS2384.C6 2017
