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    Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences (Version 2)
    Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences (Version 2)
    Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences (Version 2)
    Audiobook33 minutes

    Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences (Version 2)

    Written by Mark Twain

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    This is Mark Twain's vicious and amusing review of Fenimore Cooper's literary art. It is still read widely in academic circles. Twain's essay, Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses (often spelled "Offences") (1895), particularly criticized The Deerslayer and The Pathfinder. Twain wrote at the beginning of the essay: 'In one place in Deerslayer, and in the restricted space of two-thirds of a page, Cooper has scored 114 offenses against literary art out of a possible 115. It breaks the record.' Twain listed 19 rules 'governing literary art in domain of romantic fiction', 18 of which Cooper violates in The Deerslayer. (Introduction by Wikipedia and John Greenman)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences (Version 2)
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    Mark Twain

    Mark Twain, who was born Samuel L. Clemens in Missouri in 1835, wrote some of the most enduring works of literature in the English language, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc was his last completed book—and, by his own estimate, his best. Its acquisition by Harper & Brothers allowed Twain to stave off bankruptcy. He died in 1910. 

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    • 5/5
      Mark Twain at his finest sarcastic wit doing justice to a “classic” colleague.
    • 5/5
      Twain’s evaluation of Cooper is a hilarious and entertaining critique. The reader for this audiobook version helps to emphasize Twain’s witty and satirical tone.