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  <title><![CDATA[The Confidence-Man]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Herman Melville : Redburn, White-Jacket, Moby-Dick]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Melville's Short Novels (Norton Critical Editions)]]></title>
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