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Set in seventeenth-century New England in the aftermath of the Pequod War, Hope Leslie not only chronicles the role of women in building the republic but also refocuses the emergent national literature on the lives, domestic mores, and values of American women.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Hope Leslie or Early Times in the Massachusetts Penguin Classics

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A Paperback by Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Carolyn L. Karcher, Carolyn L. Karcher

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    Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
    Publication Date: 11/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780140436761, 978-0140436761
    ISBN10: 0140436766
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    Classics ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Set in seventeenth-century New England in the aftermath of the Pequod War, Hope Leslie not only chronicles the role of women in building the republic but also refocuses the emergent national literature on the lives, domestic mores, and values of American women.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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