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  1. The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade, first published in New York on April Fool's Day 1857, is the ninth book and final novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book was published on the exact day of the novel's setting.

    • Herman Melville
    • 1857
  2. The Confidence-Man, satirical allegory by Herman Melville, published in 1857. This novel was the last to be published during Melville’s lifetime, and it reveals the author’s pessimistic view of an America grown tawdry through greed, self-delusion, and lack of charity.

    • Herman Melville
    • 1857
  3. The Confidence-Man. Herman Melville, John Dugdale (Editor), Tony Tanner (Introduction) 3.62. 3,268 ratings375 reviews. Male, female, deft, fraudulent, constantly shifting: which of the masquerade of passengers on the Mississippi steamboat Fidele is the confidence man?

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  4. Jun 12, 2007 · Destroys confidence, paternal confidence, of which God knows that there is in this world none to spare. For, comparatively inexperienced as you are, my dear young friend, did you never observe how little, very little, confidence, there is? I mean between man and man—more particularly between stranger and stranger.

  5. Sep 5, 2023 · A novel by Herman Melville about a steamboat trip in Mississippi, where various characters try to con or be conned by Frank, the confidence man of the title. The novel explores themes of faith, trust, and deception on April Fools Day.

  6. Jun 12, 2007 · The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.

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    • Herman Melville