The Bravo (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by James Fenimore Cooper

Overview

Published in 1831, this novel is set in Venice in the bygone days of the Doges.  It was inspired by Cooper's travels in Italy.  "The author has intended to give his countrymen," writes Cooper in his preface, "a picture of the social system of the soi-distant republics of the other hemisphere." Cooper aims to show, William Cullen Bryant said, that all systems which reserve power for the strong, inherently oppress the weak.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411456747
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	07/12/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	440
File size:	476 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851) is best known for his masterpiece The Last of the Mohicans. A prolific and popular American writer, Cooper wrote fiction, non-fiction, and even tried his hand at the supernatural. He wrote many stories about the sea as well as the historical novels of his series Leatherstocking Tales.

Date of Birth:

September 15, 1789

Date of Death:

September 14, 1851

Place of Birth:

Burlington, New Jersey

Place of Death:

Cooperstown, New York

Education:

Yale University (expelled in 1805)