Bibliograph

Hope Leslie, or, Early times in the Massachusetts, Catharine Maria Sedgwick ; edited with an introduction and notes by Carolyn L. Karcher

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Hope Leslie, or, Early times in the Massachusetts, Catharine Maria Sedgwick ; edited with an introduction and notes by Carolyn L. Karcher

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxix-xliv)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Hope Leslie, or, Early times in the Massachusetts

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

38536102

Responsibility statement

Catharine Maria Sedgwick ; edited with an introduction and notes by Carolyn L. Karcher

Review

"Set in seventeenth-century New England, Hope Leslie (1827) portrays early American life and celebrates the role of women in building the republic. A counterpoint to the novels of James Fenimore Cooper, it challenges the conventional view of Indians, tackles interracial marriage and cross-cultural friendship, and claims for women their rightful place in history." "At the center of the novel are two friends. Hope Leslie, a spirited thinker in a repressive Puritan society, fights for justice for the Indians and asserts the independence of women. Magawisca, the passionate daughter of a Pequot chief, braves her father's wrath to save a white man and risks her freedom to reunite Hope with her long-lost sister, captured as a child by the Pequots and now married to Magawisca's brother. Amply plotted, with unforgettable characters, Hope Leslie is a rich, compelling, deeply satisfying novel."--Jacket

Series statement

Penguin classics

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Hope LeslieEarly times in the Massachusetts

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