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The Bravo: A Venetian Story

The Bravo: A Venetian Story

Sappenfield, James A.
Cooper, James Fenimore
Schachterle, Lance

Paperback

Series: Writings of James Fenimore Cooper

FantasyClassic FictionHistorical Fiction

ISBN10: 1438494971
ISBN13: 9781438494975
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Jan 2 2024
Pages: 548
Weight: 1.76
Height: 1.23 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

A novel of early eighteenth-century Venice that Cooper called in spirit, the most American book I ever wrote.

The Bravo (1831) takes place in early eighteenth-century Venice, when the Serene Republic had lost much of its glory, leaving its oligarchs struggling to hold on to their family wealth by manipulating the government and people through secret councils and a figure-head doge. In 1844, Cooper called it in spirit, the most American book I ever wrote because of its depiction of the masses duped by demagoguery and the attempts of Congress to rein in President Jackson, who Cooper saw as representing the popular will. In the novel, the low-born hero, Jacopo Frontoni, is forced to become an agent of the state because his unjustly imprisoned father languishes in the infamous state prison. On the last page, Jacopo is executed as a scapegoat for the crimes attributed to him of which he is innocent, rendering his beloved insane. Only in a subplot does a noble couple escape Venice to enjoy marriage.

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