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The Bravo

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A political romance set in Venice, where secret courts, state violence, and a hired executioner expose the machinery of an authoritarian republic.

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Cooper uses the Venetian setting to explore justice controlled by institutions that refuse accountability. The plot’s conspiracies and doomed loyalties give the novel the pace of adventure while its real subject is political power without public scrutiny.

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Published in 1831; Cooper died in 1851. The original English text is public domain under the United States term and life-plus-70 rules.

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The Bravo

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"Giustizia in palazzo, e pane in piazza."

Illustrated from Drawings by F.O.C. Darley

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  1. 01Full text
  2. 02A Tale
  3. 03By J. Fenimore Cooper
  4. 04Preface
  5. 05Chapter I.
  6. 06BYRON.
  7. 07Chapter II.
  8. 08SHAKSPEARE.
  9. 09Chapter III.
  10. 10KING HENRY VI.
  11. 11Chapter IV.
  12. 12RICHARD THE SECOND.
  13. 13Chapter V.
  14. 14ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.
  15. 15Chapter VI.
  16. 16Chapter VI.
  17. 17SHAKSPEARE.
  18. 18Chapter VII.
  19. 19ROGERS.
  20. 20Chapter VIII.
  21. 21ROGERS.
  22. 22Chapter IX.
  23. 23Chapter IX.
  24. 24SHAKSPEARE.
  25. 25Chapter X.
  26. 26MACBETH.
  27. 27Chapter XI.
  28. 28SHAKSPEARE.
  29. 29Chapter XII.
  30. 30ROGERS
  31. 31Chapter XIII.
  32. 32SHELTON.
  33. 33Chapter XIV.
  34. 34Chapter XIV.
  35. 35ITALY.
  36. 36Chapter XV.
  37. 37VENETIAN BOAT SONG.
  38. 38Chapter XVI.
  39. 39MARINO FALIERO
  40. 40Chapter XVII.
  41. 41CAIN
  42. 42Chapter XVIII.
  43. 43Chapter XVIII.
  44. 44ROGERS.
  45. 45Chapter XIX.
  46. 46ST. MARK'S PLACE.
  47. 47Chapter XX.
  48. 48DON JUAN.
  49. 49Chapter XXI.
  50. 50Chapter XXI.
  51. 51HENRY VI
  52. 52Chapter XXII.
  53. 53HENRY VI.
  54. 54Chapter XXIII.
  55. 55ROGERS.
  56. 56Chapter XXIV.
  57. 57Chapter XXIV.
  58. 58MEASURE FOR MEASURE.
  59. 59Chapter XXV.
  60. 60KING JOHN.
  61. 61Chapter XXVI.
  62. 62PRISONER OF CHILLON.
  63. 63Chapter XXVII.
  64. 64Chapter XXVII.
  65. 65ROGERS
  66. 66Chapter XXVIII.
  67. 67Chapter XXIX.
  68. 68ROGERS.
  69. 69Chapter XXX.
  70. 70WERNER.
  71. 71Chapter XXXI.
  72. 72MARINO FALIERO.

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