Project Gutenberg 2004-09-16 Public domain in the USA. 911 Twain, Mark 1835 1910 Clemens, Samuel Langhorne Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens) Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenimore_Cooper%27s_Literary_Offenses Produced by David Widger "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences" by Mark Twain is a critical essay that targets the works of James Fenimore Cooper, particularly his novels. Written in the late 19th century, the book serves as a humorous and scathing critique of Cooper's literary style and shortcomings. Twain elaborates on the numerous "offences" against literary art that he attributes to Cooper's writing, making it clear that he finds the author's work lacking in many fundamental aspects of narrative structure and character development. In this text, Twain systematically lists and explains what he perceives as the violations of literary rules within Cooper's novels, particularly focusing on "The Deerslayer." He argues that Cooper's stories fail to engage readers due to unrealistic dialogue, poorly defined characters, and implausible situations. Twain uses an array of examples to illustrate his points, highlighting specific scenes where Cooper's narrative choices lead to absurdity rather than tension or excitement. Ultimately, Twain's critique showcases his satirical wit and assertion that Cooper's literary efforts fall far short of true artistic merit, declaring the work as lacking essential qualities of good storytelling. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en American literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc. National characteristics, American, in literature Literature and society -- United States United States -- Civilization Criticism -- United States PS Text Category: Humour Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: American Literature 58250 2025-07-02T05:42:04.005938 text/html 55458 2021-01-27T10:44:15 text/html 98508 2025-07-02T05:42:08.773925 application/epub+zip 97347 2025-07-02T05:42:06.676929 application/epub+zip 82430 2025-07-02T05:42:05.614957 application/epub+zip 198238 2025-07-02T05:42:10.266925 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 192832 2025-07-02T05:42:08.132954 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 165872 2022-09-02T07:53:10.117546 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 49087 2025-07-02T05:42:03.770954 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 49086 2021-01-08T17:36:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19848 2025-07-02T05:42:10.395936 application/rdf+xml 13092 2025-07-02T05:42:06.100925 image/jpeg 3031 2025-07-02T05:42:05.854937 image/jpeg 18770 2021-01-08T17:36:39 application/octet-stream application/zip 19965 2021-01-27T10:44:15 application/octet-stream application/zip 98013 2025-07-02T05:42:04.011948 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia