Hope Leslie: Or, Early Times in the Massachusetts by Catharine Maria Sedgwick

Hope Leslie: Or, Early Times in the Massachusetts

Catharine Maria Sedgwick

448 pages first pub 1827 (editions)

fiction classics historical reflective slow-paced
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Set in seventeenth-century New England in the aftermath of the Pequod War, Hope Leslie not only chronicles the role of women in building the republic but also refocuses the emergent national literature on the lives, domestic mores, and values of A...

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Moods

adventurous 71%
emotional 57%
tense 57%
sad 28%
challenging 14%
funny 14%
reflective 14%

Pace

slow 62%
medium 37%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 40% | A mix: 40% | Plot: 20%

Strong character development?

Yes: 60% | No: 40%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 40% | Yes: 40% | No: 20%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 60% | No: 20% | It's complicated: 20%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 60% | No: 40%

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3.15

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