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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instanceOf novel
satirical novel
author Herman Melville
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
exploresConcept commerce
gullibility
identity
morality
performance
featuresCharacterType confidence man
followedBy Billy Budd
surface form: Billy Budd (posthumously published, non-contemporary)
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