Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences
by Mark Twain
Chapter 1 of 1 Fenimore Cooper’s Literary Offenses
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- 33 min
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- English
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- Gesine
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Fenimore Cooper - author of The Deerslayer, The Last of the Mohicans, etc - has often been praised, but just as often been criticised for his writing. Mark Twain wrote a funny, vicious little essay on the subject, in which he states: "In one place in 'Deerslayer,' and in the restricted space of two-thirds of a page, Cooper has scored 114 offences against literary art out of a possible 115."
(Summary by Gesine)
