The Confidence-Man (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781449545543)

This novel portrays a group of steamboat passengers whose interlocking stories are told as they travel down the Mississippi River toward New Orleans. The work includes several satires of 19th century literary figures: Mark Winsome is based on Ralph Waldo Emerson while his "practical disciple" Egbert is Henry David Thoreau; Charlie Noble is based on Nathaniel Hawthorne; Edgar Allan Poe inspired a beggar in the story.

Author: Herman Melville
ISBN-10: 1449545548
ISBN-13: 9781449545543
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 10/06/2009
Pages: 196
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.42d