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The Confidence-man

By Herman Melville, Stephen Matterson (Contributor)

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| eBook | 9780141958552

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Book Description

Onboard the Fid'le, a steamboat floating down the Mississippi to New Orleans, a confidence man sets out to defraud his fellow passengers. In quick succession he assumes numerous guises - from a legless beggar and a worldly businessman to a collector for charitable causes and a 'cosmopolitan' gentlemContinue

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You have been warned

Many years ago in Texas, a movie advertisement urged viewers ‘to thrill to Herman Melville’s immortal story of the sea, Moby-Dick, with Gregory Peck in the title role,’ prompting the New Yorker to comment, ‘A whale of a part.’ And how! I’ve just fini ... (read full critics)

spectator published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

You have been warned

Many years ago in Texas, a movie advertisement urged viewers ‘to thrill to Herman Melville’s immortal story of the sea, Moby-Dick, with Gregory Peck in the title role,’ prompting the New Yorker to comment, ‘A whale of a part.’ And how! I’ve just fini ... (read full critics)

spectator published on Mon, 13 Sep 2010

1 Review

Preferisco di parecchio l'omonimo brano della The Jeff Healey Band.
Speravo mi si disserrasse un'altra perla come "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street", invece tutta la noja di cui Melville sa esser capace. Si fossi Ahab lo infiocinerei…

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