The Confidence-Man

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The Confidence-Man is an 1857 satirical novel by Herman Melville that unfolds aboard a Mississippi riverboat, exploring themes of deception, trust, and American identity through a series of enigmatic encounters.

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The Confidence-Man canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
satirical novel ⓘ
author Herman Melville ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
exploresConcept commerce ⓘ
gullibility ⓘ
identity ⓘ
morality ⓘ
performance ⓘ
featuresCharacterType confidence man ⓘ
followedBy Billy Budd (posthumously published, non-contemporary) ⓘ
linked to: Billy Budd
hasEnding open-ended ⓘ
hasLaterReception recognized as major work of Melville ⓘ
hasLiteraryMovement American Renaissance ⓘ
American Romanticism ⓘ
hasProtagonist the confidence man ⓘ
hasReception mixed contemporary reception ⓘ
hasSubgenre philosophical fiction ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryGenre picaresque fiction ⓘ
satire ⓘ
mainTheme American identity ⓘ
capitalism ⓘ
deception ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
religious hypocrisy ⓘ
trust ⓘ
narrativeForm episodic ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person ⓘ
narrativeTechnique ambiguity ⓘ
unreliable narration ⓘ
partOf Herman Melville bibliography ⓘ
placeOfPublication New York City ⓘ
precededBy Israel Potter ⓘ
publicationYear 1857 ⓘ
publisher Dix, Edwards & Co. ⓘ
setting Mississippi River ⓘ
riverboat ⓘ
structure series of encounters ⓘ

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Herman Melville → notableWork → The Confidence-Man ⓘ
Herman Melville bibliography → includesWork → The Confidence-Man ⓘ