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Audiobook (abridged)58 minutes

The Pioneers

Written by James Fenimore Cooper

Narrated by Iman

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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This audio classic novel has been carefully abridged and adapted into 10 short easy to understand chapters. This format enables listeners of all ages and English language abilities to understand and enjoy the story. Composition includes original custom back ground music.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 1, 2011
ISBN9780848113384
Author

James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was an American novelist whose works include The Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie, The Pathfinder, and The Deerslayer, collectively known as The Leatherstocking Tales.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Long and laborious reading. The plots were vague. This is more of a narrative of how life was in early settlements of the frontier.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Set in 1793 in a fictional Cooperstown, NY, it tells the story of Judge Marmeduke Temple. Started off slow and didn't really go anywhere - but an interesting portrayal of life in upstate NY in 1790 as this was the frontier at that time.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    This must surely be one of the worst novels ever written. Check this out from the beginning of chapter 29:“When Marmaduke Temple and his cousin rode through the gate of the former, the heart of the father had been too recently touched with the best feeling of our nature, to leave inclination for immediate discourse.”Now that doesn't happen by accident, does it? He's written that on purpose and published it because he thinks it's good. Frightening. I read it to my mum and she got really angry on my behalf and asked why I didn't stop reading. Unfortunately I've started the series so now I have to finish. I could quote any number of passages which are equally bad or worse. A particular low point is the conversation between Richard and Agamemnon in chapter 32. I'll not quote that because I don't want anything so racist showing up under my name.To put things in perspective, this is the best of the Leatherstocking series so far. The earlier novels suffered from their attempts to be adventure stories. Every time they build up to action you live in hope, only again and again to be subjected to frustration and disappointment by Cooper's determined incompetence. That doesn't happen here because not only does nothing happen, nothing ever looks like it's about to happen. What you're left with is deep, utter and complete boredom. It will seem like there's no end to it, but I promise you there is: I experienced the end earlier today and am currently basking in the glow that follows it.This Everyman editions a nice one, with a sensible introduction that as much as admits that the book is a piece of shit, and in place of notes (which you don't really need), you have a selection of Cooper related criticism.