Читать книгу The Confidence-Man - Herman Melville - Страница 2

Chapter 1. A mute goes aboard a boat on the Mississippi

Chapter 2. Showing that many men have many minds

Chapter 3. In which a variety of characters appear

Chapter 4. Renewal of old acquaintance

Chapter 5. The man with the weed makes it an even question whether he be a great sage or a great simpleton

Chapter 6. At the outset of which certain passengers prove deaf to the call of charity

Chapter 7. A gentleman with gold sleeve-buttons

Chapter 8. A charitable lady

Chapter 9. Two business men transact a little business

Chapter 10. In the cabin

Chapter 11. Only a page or so

Chapter 12. The story of the unfortunate man, from which may be gathered whether or no he has been justly so entitled

Chapter 13. The man with the traveling-cap evinces much humanity, and in a way which would seem to show him to be one of the most logical of optimists

Chapter 14. Worth the consideration of those to whom it may prove worth considering

Chapter 15. An old miser, upon suitable representations, is prevailed upon to venture an investment

Chapter 16. A sick man, after some impatience, is induced to become a patient

Chapter 17. Towards the end of which the Herb-Doctor proves himself a forgiver of injuries

Chapter 18. Inquest into the true character of the Herb-Doctor

Chapter 19. A soldier of fortune

Chapter 20. Reappearance of one who may be remembered

Chapter 21. A hard case

Chapter 22. In the polite spirit of the Tusculan disputations

Chapter 23. In which the powerful effect of natural scenery is evinced in the case of the Missourian, who, in view of the region round about Cairo, has a return of his chilly fit

Chapter 24. A philanthropist undertakes to convert a misanthrope, but does not get beyond confuting him

Chapter 25. The Cosmopolitan makes an acquaintance

Chapter 26. Containing the metaphysics of Indian-hating, according to the views of one evidently not so prepossessed as Rousseau in favor of savages

Chapter 27. Some account of a man of questionable morality, but who, nevertheless, would seem entitled to the esteem of that eminent English moralist who said he liked a good hater

Chapter 28. Moot points touching the late Colonel John Moredock

Chapter 29. The boon companions

Chapter 30. Opening with a poetical eulogy of the Press and continuing with talk inspired by the same

Chapter 31. A metamorphosis more surprising than any in Ovid

Chapter 32. Showing that the age of music and magicians is not yet over

Chapter 33. Which may pass for whatever it may prove to be worth

Chapter 34. In which the Cosmopolitan tells the story of the gentleman-madman

Chapter 35. In which the Cosmopolitan strikingly evinces the artlessness of his nature

Chapter 36. In which the Cosmopolitan is accosted by a mystic, whereupon ensues pretty much such talk as might be expected

Chapter 37. The mystical master introduces the practical disciple

Chapter 38. The disciple unbends, and consents to act a social part

Chapter 39. The hypothetical friends

Chapter 40. In which the story of China Aster is, at second-hand, told by one who, while not disapproving the moral, disclaims the spirit of the style

Chapter 41. Ending with a rupture of the hypothesis

Chapter 42. Upon the heel of the last scene, the Cosmopolitan enters the barber's shop, a benediction on his lips

Chapter 43. Very charming

Chapter 44. In which the last three words of the last chapter are made the text of the discourse, which will be sure of receiving more or less attention from those readers who do not skip it

Chapter 45. The Cosmopolitan increases in seriousness