The Water-Witch: or the Skimmer of the SeasРипол Классик, 1837 - 429 Seiten James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. The Water Witch is an 1830 novel by Cooper. Set in 17th century New York and the surrounding sea, the novel depicts the abduction of a woman, Alida de Barberie, by the pirate captain of the brigantine Water Witch, and the subsequent pursuit of that elusive ship by her suitor, Captain Ludlow. |
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CHAPTER XIX | 290 |
CHAPTER XX | 303 |
CHAPTER XXI | 319 |
CHAPTER XXII | 334 |
CHAPTER XXIII | 342 |
CHAPTER XXIV | 364 |
CHAPTER XXV | 385 |
CHAPTER XXVI | 404 |
CHAPTER XI | 146 |
CHAPTER XII | 163 |
CHAPTER XIII | 178 |
CHAPTER XIV | 195 |
CHAPTER XV | 211 |
CHAPTER XVI | 231 |
CHAPTER XVII | 249 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 269 |
CHAPTER XXVII | 424 |
CHAPTER XXVIII | 441 |
CHAPTER XXIX | 462 |
CHAPTER XXX | 481 |
495 CHAPTER XXXII | 515 |
CHAPTER XXXIII | 534 |
CHAPTER XXIV | 551 |
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