arch: It is not like Udolpho at all; but yet I think it is very entertaining. (Udolpho)
Arch ([personal profile] arch) wrote in [community profile] dreams_library 2010-07-15 04:21 pm (UTC)

Okay, I have to recommend Catharine Maria Sedgwick's Hope Leslie, which was actually written in the 1820s but is set in 1643. It's basically a direct response to James Fenimore Cooper, and there's a fantastic Native character named Magawisca, and while it's still a little problematic in the ways that novels from the 1820s are, it is surprisingly feminist and equal-minded toward its many Native characters, so it holds up amazingly well. Here's the Wikipedia article, if you'd like more info, but the plot summary is super-detailed so you may not want to read it if you prefer to avoid spoilers.

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