The Confidence-Man Resources

Here's a fun quick bio on our crazy author. Did you know Melville wrote poetry?

Cover your bases and read up a little more on the man behind The Confidence-Man.

Check out this chapter by chapter full text of The Confidence-Man.

Lots of things are a mystery on the Lost island, including what's going on with this Melvillian episode.

There's a lot of wink-wink, nod-nod, story-within-a-story, and "see what I did there?" stuff going on in The Confidence-Man. Read more about it.

Some folks decided to put on a play inspired by The Confidence-Man…minus most of the text.

Want to know some of the ins and outs of historical confidence-men?

NPR includes The Confidence-Man on its lists of hip reads.

Listen to The Confidence-Man while you ride.

Check out what might be the creepiest cover for The Confidence-Man ever.

Here's a nice, traditional cover. No scary business.

This cover has a lovely line drawing of a boat, and we heart it and want to hold it.

This isn't just a Melville portrait. It's a Melville portrait on a stamp.

And so is everyone else in this book. Get a load of what it may have looked like.

No, really, we need a map.