| Description |
xlv, 399 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
Penguin classics
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Penguin classics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxix-xliv). |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Subject |
Massachusetts -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction.
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Indians of North America -- Massachusetts -- Fiction.
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Indians of North America. |
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Massachusetts. |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Subject |
Women -- Massachusetts -- Fiction.
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Women. |
| Chronological Term |
1600-1775 |
| Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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History.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Added Author |
Karcher, Carolyn L., 1945-
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| Added Title |
Hope Leslie |
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Early times in the Massachusetts |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Sedgwick, Catharine Maria, 1789-1867. Hope Leslie, or, Early times in the Massachusetts (OCoLC)1085908683 |
| ISBN |
0140436766 |
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9780140436761 |
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