The deceiver and his masquerade. Melville G.

German Melville (1819-1891)-classic of American literature, an outstanding writer-romantic.

novel “The Drill and its Masquerade” (The Confidence Man: his Masquarade), published in 1857, is one thing Of the last major works of Herman Melville. Most of the literary critics of that time restrained this novel and laid the foundation of the common idea that this is an example of a social satire, where Melville convicts the dialogue of a significant number of Americans, behind which personal self -interest and thirst for profit.

novel First published in Russian in full translation and with comments.