Impostors and imposture -- Fiction
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Brat Farrar (c1949), by Josephine Tey (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)- El Prisionero de Zenda (in Spanish; New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1896), by Anthony Hope, trans. by Juan L. Iribas (multiple formats at archive.org)
- El Prisionero de Zenda (in Spanish; New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1901), by Anthony Hope, trans. by Juan L. Iribas (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Prince and the Pauper, by Mark Twain
- The Prisoner of Zenda, by Anthony Hope
- The Prisoner of Zenda: Being the History of Three Months in the Life of an English Gentleman (New York: H. Holt and Co., 1898), by Anthony Hope, illust. by Charles Dana Gibson and Howard Ince (illustrated HTML with commentary at fiftywordsforsnow.com)
- Pudd'nhead Wilson: A Tale (London: Chatto and Windus, 1894), by Mark Twain, illust. by James Mapes Dodge and Louis Loeb (page images at HathiTrust)
- Room 13, by Edgar Wallace (illustrated HTML with commentary at freeread.com.au)
- The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (Hartford: American Pub. Co., 1894), by Mark Twain (Gutenberg text)
- The Sin That Was His (Toronto: Copp Clark Co., c1917), by Frank L. Packard
- The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: A Romance (London and New York: G. Routledge and Co., 1857), by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Worldlings (Works of Leonard Merrick edition; London et al.: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d.), by Leonard Merrick, contrib. by Neil Munro (multiple formats at archive.org)
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Filed under: Impostors and imposture- Famous Impostors (New York: Sturgis and Walton Co., 1910), by Bram Stoker
- The Humbugs of the World (New York: Carleton, 1866), by P. T. Barnum
- Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions, by Charles Mackay
- Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (second edition, 1852), by Charles Mackay (HTML at econlib.org)
- Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (2-volume edition, 1852), by Charles Mackay (Gutenberg text)
- Fanaticism: Its Source and Influence, Illustrated by the Simple Narrative of Isabella, in the Case of Matthias, Mr. and Mrs. B. Folger, Mr. Pierson, Mr. Mills, Catherine, Isabella, &c. &c. (New York: the author, 1835), by G. Vale (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
- The Three Impostors, Translated (With Notes and Comments) From a French Manuscript of the Work Written in the Year 1716, With a Dissertation on the Original Treatise, and a Bibliography of the Various Editions (editorship attributed to Briggs; 1904), ed. by Samuel Briggs (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Trick Methods of Eusapia Paladino (reprinted from Reformed Church Review, 1910), by Stanley Lefevre Krebs (page images at HathiTrust)
- Celebrated Claimants, From Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton (second edition; London: Chatto and Windus, 1874) (Gutenberg text)
- Memoirs of ****, Commonly Known by the Name of George Psalmanazar, a Reputed Native of Formosa, Written by Himself, in Order to be Published After His Death (London: Printed for R. Davis, et al., 1765), by George Psalmanazar (multiple formats at archive.org)
- An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural (electronic edition), by James Randi (HTML at randi.org)
- Caraboo: A Narrative of a Singular Imposition, by John Mathew Gutch (HTML with commentary at resologist.net)
- The Miraculous Conformist: or, An Account of Severall Marvailous Cures Performed by the Stroking of the Hands of Mr. Valentine Greatarick, With a Physicall Discourse Thereupon (Oxford, UK: Printed by H. Hall for Ric: Davis, 1666), by Henry Stubbe (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- A Brief Account of Mr. Valentine Greatraks, and Divers of the Strange Cures by Him Lately Performed: Written by Himself In a Letter Addressed to the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq., Whereunto Are Annexed the Testimonials of Several Eminent and Worthy Persons of the Chief Matters of Fact Therein Related (London: Printed for J. Starkey, 1666), by Valentine Greatrakes, contrib. by Robert Boyle
- Pseudo-Medicorum Anatomia: In Qua Maxima Improborum et Indoctorum Turba Sub Dio Enudatur, Quos aut Subdola Pietatis Pelle Velatos, aut Insolenti Scientiae Fumo Seu Fuco Obductos, Vel Irreligio Mera, Vel Rapax Avaritia Omnes Ultra Impudentes ad Medicinae Praxin Egit Praecipites (in Latin; London: Excudebat Aug. Matheus, 1624), by Peter Bowne (page images at NIH)
- Memoirs of ****, Commonly Known by the Name of George Psalmanazar, a Reputed Native of Formosa, Written by Himself, in Order to be Published After His Death (London: Printed for R. Davis, et al., 1765), by George Psalmanazar (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Subgenation: The Theory of the Normal Relation of the Races; An Answer to "Miscegenation" (New York: J. Bradburn, 1864), by John H. Van Evrie
- The Medical Messiahs: A Social History of Health Quackery in Twentieth-Century America, by James Harvey Young (HTML at quackwatch.com)
- The Mary Carleton Narratives, 1663-1673: A Missing Chapter in the History of the English Novel (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1914), ed. by Ernest Bernbaum (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Great American Fraud: A Series of Articles on the Patent Medicine Evil, Reprinted From Collier's Weekly (ca. 1906), by Samuel Hopkins Adams (Gutenberg text and page images)
- Cautions and Advice to the Public, Respecting Some Abuses in Medicine, Through the Malpractices of Quacks or Pretenders to the Medical and Chirurgical Arts (London: Printed for the author, and sold by H.D. Symonds, ca. 1787), by William Jackson (page images at NIH)
- Israel Rank; The Autobiography of a Criminal (London: Chatto and Windus, 1907), by Roy Horniman (page images at HathiTrust)
- Rogues and Vagabonds (new edition; London: Chatto and Windus, 1892), by George R. Sims (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Something Doing (published as by "Varick Vanardy"; New York: The Macaulay Co., c1919), by Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey, illust. by George W. Gage (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Amateur Cracksman, by E. W. Hornung
- Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (in German; Berlin: Ullstein, c1920), by Norbert Jacques (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
- The Groote Park Murder (Toronto: T. Allen, c1923), by Freeman Wills Crofts (multiple formats at archive.org)
- McAllister and His Double (New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1905), by Arthur Train, illust. by F. C. Yohn and Alonzo Kimball (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens
- R. Holmes and Co.: Being the Remarkable Adventures of Raffles Holmes, Esq., Detective and Amateur Cracksman by Birth, by John Kendrick Bangs (Gutenberg text)
- The Day of Days: An Extravaganza, by Louis Joseph Vance, illust. by Arthur William Brown (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Christmas Holiday (c1939), by W. Somerset Maugham (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
- The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, by Daniel Defoe
- Moll Flanders (translated into French), by Daniel Defoe, trans. by Marcel Schwob (Gutenberg text)
- The Tick of the Clock (New York: Macy-Masins, 1928), by Herbert Asbury (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Masked Woman (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1920), by Johnston McCulley, illust. by Paul Stahr (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Jew Detective: or, The Beautiful Convict (Beadle's New York Dime Library #662; New York: Beadle and Adams, 1891), by Prentiss Ingraham (mlutiple foramts at niu.edu)
- The Secret Sharer, by Joseph Conrad (Gutenberg text)
- The Golden Snare, by James Oliver Curwood (Gutenberg text)
- The Unwilling Adventurer (London: Hodder and Stoughton, ca. 1913), by R. Austin Freeman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
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