The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper, published by Oxford University Press in 1998, is a reissue of the classic novel originally released in 1826. This edition spans 433 pages and is presented in English. The narrative unfolds during the tumultuous period of the French and Indian War, focusing on the historical event known as the ‘Massacre’ at Fort William Henry in 1757, where British troops and their families faced a tragic fate at the hands of Indian allies of the French.
Readers will encounter a rich tapestry of action and adventure as Cooper weaves together themes of captivity, heroism, and the complex relationships between characters such as Chingachgook, Uncas, Alice, Cora Munro, and Hawkeye. The novel not only highlights the historical significance of its setting in Colonial America but also showcases the beauty of the North American landscape, which serves as a backdrop to the unfolding drama. Through its controlled and elaborate prose, the book captures the tension between the serene surface of nature and the violent forces that shape the characters’ destinies.
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The second of Cooper’s five Leatherstocking Tales, this is the one which has consistently captured the imagination of generations since it was first published in 1826. It’s success lies partly in the historical role Cooper gives to his Indian characters, against the grain of accumulated racialhostility, and partly in his evocation of the wild beautiful landscapes of North America which the French and the British fought to control throughout the eighteenth century. At the centre of the novel is the celebrated `Massacre’ of British troops and their families by Indian allies of the French at Fort William Henry in 1757. Around this historical event, Cooper built a romantic fiction of captivity, sexuality, and heroism, in which the destiny of the MohicansChingachgook and his son Uncas is inseparable from the lives of Alice and Cora Munro and of Hawkeye the frontier scout. The controlled, elaborate writing gives natural pace to the violence of the novel’s action: like the nature whose plundering Copper laments, the books placid surfaces concealinexplicable and deathly forces.
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