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The Spy
Set during the American Revolution, the story unfolds in the neutral ground between British and Continental forces in New York.
"The Spy" by James Fenimore Cooper is a novel. Set during the American Revolution, the story unfolds in the neutral ground between British and Continental forces in New York.
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“I believe I could write a better story myself!” With these words, since become famous, James Fenimore Cooper laid aside the English novel which he was reading aloud to his wife. A few days later he submitted several pages of manuscript for her approval, and then settled down to the task of making good his boast. In November, 1820, he gave the public a novel in two volumes, entitled Precaution. But it was published anonymously, and dealt with English society in so much the same way as the average British novel of the time that its author was thought by many to be an Englishman. It had no originality and no real merit of any kind. Yet it was the means of inciting Cooper to another attempt. And this second novel made him famous.
Contents
- 01James Fenimore Cooper
- 02Author’s Introduction
- 03Chapter I.
- 04Chapter II.
- 05Chapter III.
- 06Chapter IV.
- 07Chapter V.
- 08Chapter VI.
- 09Chapter VII.
- 10Chapter VIII.
- 11Chapter IX.
- 12Chapter X.
- 13Chapter XI.
- 14Chapter XII.
- 15Chapter XIII.
- 16Chapter XIV.
- 17Chapter XV.
- 18Chapter XVI.
- 19Chapter XVII.
- 20Chapter XVIII.
- 21Chapter XIX.
- 22Chapter XX.
- 23Chapter XXI.
- 24Chapter XXII.
- 25Chapter XXIII.
- 26Chapter XXIV.
- 27Chapter XXV.
- 28Chapter XXVI.
- 29Chapter XXVII.
- 30Chapter XXVIII.
- 31Chapter XXIX.
- 32Chapter XXX.
- 33Chapter XXXI.
- 34Chapter XXXII.
- 35Chapter XXXIII.
- 36Chapter XXXIV.
- 37Chapter XXXV.
About this edition
- Author
- James Fenimore Cooper
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Advanced: for close, demanding reading
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 429 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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