The Spy: Condensed for use in schools
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A historical adventure reminiscent of Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley romances, Cooper’s novel centers on Harvey Birch, a common man suspected of being a spy for the British.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-...
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- THE SPY
- J. FENIMORE COOPER
- CONDENSED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS
- WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
- NEW YORK AND NEW ORLEANS
- UNIVERSITY PUBLISHING CO.
- 1898
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION.
- HISTORICAL NOTE.
- THE SPY.
- CHAPTER I.
- A RURAL SCENE IN 1780.
- CHAPTER II.
- THE PEDDLER.
- CHAPTER III.
- THE STRANGER’S WARNING AND THE PEDDLER’S RETURN.
- CHAPTER IV.
- CAPTAIN WHARTON’S CAPTURE.
- CHAPTER V.
- DUNWOODIE’S INVESTIGATION.
- CHAPTER VI.
- THE SKIRMISH AND ESCAPE OF CAPTAIN WHARTON.
- CHAPTER VII.
- DUNWOODIE’S TRAP AND THE RECAPTURE OF CAPTAIN WHARTON.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- THE PURSUIT.—BIRCH’S ESCAPE.
- CHAPTER IX.
- THE UNWELCOME VISITORS.
- CHAPTER X.
- A COLONIAL REPAST.
- CHAPTER XI.
- THE PEDDLER’S CAPTURE.
- CHAPTER XII.
- HOTEL FLANAGAN AND ITS INTRUDERS.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- THE SKINNERS’ REWARD.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- THE DOUBLE WARNING.
- CHAPTER XV.
- MISS WHARTON’S MARRIAGE INTERRUPTED.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- HELP WELL TIMED.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- CAPTAIN WHARTON’S TRIAL.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- MR. HARPER IS SOUGHT BUT NOT FOUND.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- WHAT CAME OF A REVEREND GENTLEMAN’S VISIT TO CAPTAIN WHARTON.
- CHAPTER XX.
- THE ALARM AND THE PURSUIT.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- FRANCES REMINDS MR. HARPER OF HIS PROMISE.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- DUNWOODIE GAINS HIS SUIT, AND CAPTAIN WHARTON HIS FREEDOM.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- WASHINGTON’S LAST MEETING WITH THE SPY.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- DEATH OF THE SPY.—A REVELATION.
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