Project Gutenberg 2025-01-04 Public domain in the USA. 261 Cooper, James Fenimore 1789 1851 Morgan, Jane Cooper, Fenimore Cooper, J. Fenimore (James Fenimore) The ways of the hour $aUnited States :$bD. Appleton and Company, $c1861. KD Weeks and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Ways of the Hour" by James Fenimore Cooper is a novel written in the late 19th century. It addresses critical social issues of the time, particularly the administration of criminal justice and the failings of the jury system in a democratic society. The narrative introduces us to Mr. Thomas Dunscomb, a lawyer who serves as one of the main characters, alongside his nephew and niece, Jack and Sarah Wilmeter, as they navigate the complexities of social justice and morality in a rapidly changing America. At the start of the novel, the reader is introduced to the backdrop of Manhattan's evolving architecture and the characters' lives, particularly focusing on a significant legal case involving a mysterious young woman named Mary Monson, who is suspected of involvement in a tragic fire that claimed the lives of an elderly couple. The opening portion establishes a tense atmosphere of moral reflection and inquiry as Mr. Dunscomb discusses legal principles with his family while being drawn into Mary’s predicament. The chapter explores themes of justice, societal prejudice, and individual morality, laying the groundwork for the unfolding drama surrounding Mary’s trial and the implications of the legal system on the lives of ordinary citizens. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/worksofjamescoop0024coop/page/512/mode/2up 20220206214450cooper 1861 us Reading ease score: 67.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Historical fiction Legal stories Jury -- Fiction Trials -- Fiction PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: American Literature 1121968 2025-07-29T14:51:14.077746 text/html 1092600 2025-01-04T10:44:27 text/html 1177308 2025-07-29T14:51:28.042704 application/epub+zip 1172744 2025-07-29T14:51:16.842733 application/epub+zip 552338 2025-07-29T14:51:15.454716 application/epub+zip 1432527 2025-07-29T14:51:36.718566 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1359145 2025-07-29T14:51:26.737658 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 981622 2025-07-29T14:51:11.422722 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 961740 2025-01-04T10:44:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16990 2025-07-29T14:51:36.898567 application/rdf+xml 28183 2025-07-29T14:51:15.733687 image/jpeg 3744 2025-07-29T14:51:15.591681 image/jpeg 1812775 2025-07-29T14:51:14.199741 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