WorkJames Fenimore Cooper

The Deerslayer

The Deerslayer (1841) Inferred

James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851) · 1841

InferredNamed explicitly as 'Cooper'; 'the weak Hetty' and 'her beautiful sister' are characters from The Deerslayer. Named explicitly as 'Cooper.' Hetty Hutter and her sister Judith are characters in The Deerslayer (1841).

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Documented 1845

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I. Childhood

II. Adolescence

III. Self-Directed

IV. Transcendentalist

V. New York1record

VI. Europe

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Woman in the Nineteenth Century

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“Cooper makes the weak Hetty say to her beautiful sister "Of course, I don't compare you with Harry. A handsome man is always far handsomer than any woman.”

Fuller, Margaret. Woman in the Nineteenth Century. New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1845.

Inferred Named explicitly as 'Cooper'; 'the weak Hetty' and 'her beautiful sister' are characters from The Deerslayer. Named explicitly as 'Cooper.' Hetty Hutter and her sister Judith are characters in The Deerslayer (1841).