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Subject: Re: Hawthorne and Twain
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Date: Fri, 11-Nov-83 09:55:08 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 11 09:55:08 1983
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References: <3724@duke.UUCP> Twain's criticism of Cooper's Last of the Mohicans
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is quite funny and quite accurate. All the ridiculous incidents
that Twain finds in the novel are actually there. But I
loved Last of the Mohicans, for just the reasons Twain
hated it. It's so absurd, it's funny. And it's an exciting
book, though at times Cooper is a little long-winded. 
	The TV adaption(BBC I think) was probably better because
it took out the extraneous information and left the silly
and exciting incidents. Unfortunately I haven't seen it on 
PBS in over 10 years. Too bad.
			Sharon Badian