The above novels are all part of the <em>Leatherstocking</em> <em>Tales</em> by James Fenimore Cooper.
<u>The</u><u><em> Leatherstocking Tales </em></u><u>is the name that five novels written by James Fenimore Cooper receive</u>. Besides<em> The Deerslayer, The Last of the Mohicans </em>and<em> The Pathfinder</em>, <u><em> </em></u><u>the other novels that are part of this collection are </u><u><em>The Pioneers </em></u><u>and </u><u><em>The Prairie</em></u><em>. </em>Moreover, what the five novels share is the main character, Natty Bumppo, and the fact that all of them are set in the eighteenth century.
The woman in the book represents the psychological problems a woman might face in that era. Her husband makes her live in a rundown house believing it would heal her. Her husband loves her in the wrong ways he doesn't necessarily want to get her better. <span />