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The Red Rover: A TaleJames Fenimore Cooper

The Red Rover: A Tale

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Original author: James Fenimore Cooper

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"The Red Rover: A Tale" by James Fenimore Cooper is a novel published in 1827. The story follows sailor Dick Fid, free black sailor Scipio Africanus, and Royal Navy officer James Wilder as they encounter the infamous pirate known as "The Red Rover." Praised as one of Cooper's finest sea adventures, the novel was an immediate success, swiftly adapted for theater in both America and England. Notable for featuring some of the first serious depictions of African lineage characters in American literature, it helped establish Cooper's reputation as a pioneer of the maritime fiction genre.

The Red Rover: A Tale, by James Fenimore Cooper. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #11409.

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33 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter467 words
  2. 2.Chapter I: Par. “Mars dote on you for his novices.”6,157 words
  3. 3.Chapter II: Sir Toby. “Excellent! I smell a device.”5,498 words
  4. 4.Chapter III: Alonzo. “Good boatswain, have care.”4,516 words
  5. 5.Chapter IV: “They fool me to the top of my bent.”4,096 words
  6. 6.Chapter V: “Are you so brave! I’ll have you talked with anon.”4,560 words
  7. 7.Chapter VI5,098 words
  8. 8.Chapter VII4,890 words
  9. 9.Chapter VIII5,889 words
  10. 10.Chapter IX: “He ran this way, and leap’d this orchard wall.”5,432 words
  11. 11.Chapter X: “Forewarn him, that he use no scurrilous words.”5,334 words
  12. 12.Chapter XI4,383 words
  13. 13.Chapter XII5,856 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIII: “What have here? A man, or a fish?”4,908 words
  15. 15.Chapter XIV: “So foul and fair a day I have not seen.”5,719 words
  16. 16.Chapter XV5,445 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVI4,981 words
  1. 18.Chapter XVII: “Sit still, and hear the last of our sea sorrow.”6,097 words
  2. 19.Chapter XVIII4,631 words
  3. 20.Chapter XIX6,445 words
  4. 21.Chapter XX6,987 words
  5. 22.Chapter XXI3,669 words
  6. 23.Chapter XXII2,419 words
  7. 24.Chapter XXIII: “I melt, and am not of stronger earth than others.”4,486 words
  8. 25.Chapter XXIV6,042 words
  9. 26.Chapter XXV: “Their preparation is to-day by sea.”4,412 words
  10. 27.Chapter XXVI: “As I am an honest man, he looks pale: Art thou sick, or angry?”4,666 words
  11. 28.Chapter XXVII5,845 words
  12. 29.Chapter XXVIII: “Let them accuse me by invention; I will answer in mine honour.”4,306 words
  13. 30.Chapter XXIX: “Let them achieve me, and then sell my bones.”5,445 words
  14. 31.Chapter XXX5,190 words
  15. 32.Chapter XXXI4,871 words
  16. 33.Chapter XXXII3,959 words