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    Autobiography of a Pocket-Hankerchief (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

    By James Fenimore Cooper

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    This satirical short novel displays a side of Cooper unfamiliar to many modern readers. It is told from the point of view of an actual handkerchief:  its origins in a French flax field, how it was passed around New York City society in the 1830s, and its eventual return to its maker. In this story, Cooper makes a point of ridiculing Victorian materialism—which places value on consumption, not production.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBarnes & Noble
    Release dateNov 22, 2011
    ISBN9781411463943
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    Autobiography of a Pocket-Hankerchief (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
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    James Fenimore Cooper

    James Fenimore Cooper was born in 1789 in New Jersey, but later moved to Cooperstown in New York, where he lived most of his life. His novel The Last of the Mohicans was one of the most widely read novels in the 19th century and is generally considered to be his masterpiece. His novels have been adapted for stage, radio, TV and film.

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