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James Fenimore Cooper

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .embarrassment escaped the notice of the rest of the party. On the arrival of the carriage, Mrs. Wilson took her leave.

"I like this Mr. Denbigh greatly," said Lord Chatterton, as they drove from the door; "there is something strikingly natural and winning in his manner."

"In his matter too, judging of the little we have seen of him," replied Mrs. Wilson.

"Who is he, ma'am?"

"I rather suspect he is someway related to Mrs. Ives; her staying from Bolton to-day must be owing to Mr. Denbigh, and as the doctor has just gone he must be near enough to them to be neither wholly neglected nor yet a tax upon their politeness. I rather wonder he did not go with them."

"I heard him tell Francis," remarked Emily, "that he could not think of intruding, and he insisted on Mrs. Ives's going, but she had employments to keep her at home."

The carriage soon reached an angle in the road where the highways between Bolton Castle and Mosel. . . Read More

Community Reviews

A fantastic opening entry from my newest favorite author, James Fenimore Cooper.

It's in the style of Jane Austen, and I have to admit, I much prefer Cooper. Elizabeth Bennet is, as I said in the relevant review, very snarky and judgmental. But the heroine here, Emily Moseley, is wholly angelic both

Apparently, this book had myriad errors when it went to press, and was not properly edited (why James Fenimore Cooper let that happen is anybody's guess), but I had been assured by the venerable Lord Gosford that the text had been sufficiently cleaned up to ensure an enjoyable read. Gosford has impe

One of the greatest American novelists begins his career with a Jane Austen pastiche, and the results are poor. Not to say that there are not moments of good writing here - there are - but it has dated badly and feels about a hundred pages too long. If you want to read Fenimore Cooper, do not start