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Title: Hope Leslie: or, early times in the Massachusetts, volume 1 (of 2)
Original Publication: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1842.
Note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Leslie
Credits: an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer
Summary: "Hope Leslie: or, early times in the Massachusetts, volume 1 (of 2)" by Sedgwick is a novel written in the early 19th century. The likely topic of the book is the early colonial period in Massachusetts, focusing on themes of cultural conflict, loyalty, and personal integrity amidst the complex relations between Puritan settlers and Native Americans. The narrative introduces characters such as William Fletcher, his family, and the Native American girl Magawisca, weaving their personal struggles into the broader historical setting of New England’s founding days. The opening of the novel establishes the Fletcher family's background, marked by William Fletcher’s principled refusal to compromise his beliefs for love or fortune, resulting in his emigration to New England. It then shifts to his life in Massachusetts, depicting the hardships of colonial settlement, the integration of new family members, and the arrival of Indian servants, particularly the noble and thoughtful Magawisca. Through letters and interactions, domestic life, Puritan values, and tensions with Native Americans are vividly portrayed. As danger looms from possible attacks, the relationships between settlers and indigenous people are dramatized, revealing both the deep prejudices and the budding sympathies within the household, while a sense of impending crisis builds through Magawisca’s divided loyalties and the ever-present threat on the frontier. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 63.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Author: Sedgwick, Catharine Maria, 1789-1867
EBook No.: 76028
Published: May 6, 2025
Downloads: 133
Language: English
Subject: Historical fiction
Subject: Massachusetts -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction
Subject: Women -- Massachusetts -- Fiction
Subject: Indians of North America -- Massachusetts -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Hope Leslie: or, early times in the Massachusetts, volume 1 (of 2)
Original Publication: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1842.
Note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Leslie
Credits: an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer
Summary: "Hope Leslie: or, early times in the Massachusetts, volume 1 (of 2)" by Sedgwick is a novel written in the early 19th century. The likely topic of the book is the early colonial period in Massachusetts, focusing on themes of cultural conflict, loyalty, and personal integrity amidst the complex relations between Puritan settlers and Native Americans. The narrative introduces characters such as William Fletcher, his family, and the Native American girl Magawisca, weaving their personal struggles into the broader historical setting of New England’s founding days. The opening of the novel establishes the Fletcher family's background, marked by William Fletcher’s principled refusal to compromise his beliefs for love or fortune, resulting in his emigration to New England. It then shifts to his life in Massachusetts, depicting the hardships of colonial settlement, the integration of new family members, and the arrival of Indian servants, particularly the noble and thoughtful Magawisca. Through letters and interactions, domestic life, Puritan values, and tensions with Native Americans are vividly portrayed. As danger looms from possible attacks, the relationships between settlers and indigenous people are dramatized, revealing both the deep prejudices and the budding sympathies within the household, while a sense of impending crisis builds through Magawisca’s divided loyalties and the ever-present threat on the frontier. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 63.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Author: Sedgwick, Catharine Maria, 1789-1867
EBook No.: 76028
Published: May 6, 2025
Downloads: 133
Language: English
Subject: Historical fiction
Subject: Massachusetts -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction
Subject: Women -- Massachusetts -- Fiction
Subject: Indians of North America -- Massachusetts -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.