On April Fool''s Day in 1856, a shape-shifting grifter boards a Mississippi riverboat to expose the pretenses, hypocrisies, and self-delusions of his fellow passengers. Melville''s comic allegory addresses themes of sincerity, identity, and morality in its challenge to the optimism and materialism of mid-nineteenth-century America. Misunderstood by the author''s contemporaries, the novel is praised today for its stunningly modern techniques.
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<b>A new selection of Melville''s darkest and most enthralling stories in a beautiful Pushkin Collection edition</b><br> <br><b>Includes "Bartleby, the Scrivener", "Benito Cereno" and "The...
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