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The story merges a wide range of popular American literary forms--including the seduction novel, the conversion narrative, the novel of education, and social reform fiction--and provides a window on many of the cultural and political ...
Catharine Maria Sedgwick's 'Hope Leslie' is a captivating historical novel set in colonial America that explores themes of identity, social structure, and the clash of cultures.
Ranging from serious cautionary tales about moral corruption to amusing and trenchant social satire, these books provide today's reader with a unique window into the earliest American popular fiction and way of life.