Project Gutenberg 2025-05-06 Public domain in the USA. 173 Sedgwick, Catharine Maria 1789 1867 Sedgwick, Katherine Maria Hope Leslie: or, early times in the Massachusetts, volume 1 (of 2) $aNew York :$bHarper & Brothers, $c1842. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Leslie an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer "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.) https://archive.org/details/hopeleslieorear04sedggoog 20250422101309sedgwick 1842 US Reading ease score: 63.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Historical fiction Massachusetts -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction Women -- Massachusetts -- Fiction Indians of North America -- Massachusetts -- Fiction PS Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels Category: American Literature 453466 2025-06-30T06:07:44.097783 text/html 428973 2025-05-06T09:39:08 text/html 414901 2025-06-30T06:07:49.092772 application/epub+zip 418582 2025-06-30T06:07:45.012753 application/epub+zip 246194 2025-06-30T06:07:44.554719 application/epub+zip 543215 2025-06-30T06:07:52.571714 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 516661 2025-06-30T06:07:48.662706 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 420353 2025-06-30T06:07:43.494729 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 400423 2025-05-06T09:39:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16864 2025-06-30T06:07:52.701692 application/rdf+xml 15628 2025-06-30T06:07:44.662738 image/jpeg 2331 2025-06-30T06:07:44.608730 image/jpeg 417250 2025-06-30T06:07:44.136754 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