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."

Medie	Bøger Paperback Bog (Bog med blødt omslag og limet ryg)
Udgivet	30. april 2017
ISBN13	9781546383406
Forlag	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Antal sider	174
Mål	216 × 280 × 9 mm · 417 g
Sprog	Engelsk

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