Auguste Jean-Baptiste Defauconpret (1767,

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1843) was a

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man of letters. Initially a

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, Defauconpret relocated to England where he wrote some now forgotten novels. However, he became well known for his translations into French of English-language novels, particularly those of

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and

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, although he modified the text of ''

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'' to be more favorable to the French.

References

1951 paper on Fenimore Cooper by Willard Thorp

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