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1、TheDeerslayerCooper,JamesFenimorePublished:1841Type(s):Novels,History,Adventure,WarSource:http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/32851AboutCooper:JamesFenimoreCooper(September15,1789–September14,1851)wasaprolificandpopularAmericanwriteroftheearly19thcentury.Heisbestrememberedasanovelistwhowrotenumeroussea
2、-storiesandthehistoricalnovelsknownastheLeatherstockingTales,featuringfron-tiersmanNattyBumppo.AmonghismostfamousworksistheRomanticnovelTheLastoftheMohicans,whichmanyconsidertobehismaster-piece.Source:Wikipedia2Chapter1"Thereisapleasureinthepathlesswoods,Thereisaraptureonthelonelyshore.Thereissoci
3、etywherenoneintrudes,Bythedeepsea,andmusicinitsroar:Ilovenotmantheless,butnaturemore,Fromtheseourinterviews,inwhichIstealFromallImaybe,orhavebeenbefore,Tominglewiththeuniverse,andfeelWhatIcanne'erexpress,yetcannotallconceal"ChildeHarold.Onthehumanimaginationeventsproducetheeffectsoftime.Thus,hewho
4、hastravelledfarandseenmuchisapttofancythathehaslivedlong;andthehistorythatmostaboundsinimportantincidentssoonestassumestheaspectofantiquity.InnootherwaycanweaccountforthevenerableairthatisalreadygatheringaroundAmericanannals.Whenthemindrevertstotheearliestdaysofcolonialhistory,theperiodseemsremote
5、andobscure,thethousandchangesthatthickenalongthelinksofrecollections,throwingbacktheoriginofthenationtoadaysodistantasseeminglytoreachthemistsoftime;andyetfourlivesofordinarydura-tionwouldsufficetotransmit,frommouthtomouth,intheformoftra-dition,allthatcivilizedmanhasachievedwithinthelimitsoftherep
6、ub-lic.AlthoughNewYorkalonepossessesapopulationmateriallyexceed-ingthatofeitherofthefoursmallestkingdomsofEurope,ormateriallyexceedingthatoftheentireSwissConfederation,itislittlemorethantwocenturiessincetheDutchcommencedtheirsettlement,rescuingtheregionfromthesavagestate.Thus,whatseemsvenerablebya
7、naccumu-lationofchangesisreducedtofamiliaritywhenwecomeseriouslytoconsideritsolelyinconnectionwithtime.3Thisglanceintotheperspectiveofthepastwillpreparethereadertolookatthepicturesweareabouttosketch,withlesssurpr
