Overview :"A light proceeding from the edifice made every part of the scene visible. A gleam diffused itself over the intermediate space, and instantl... Read More
Overview :A new perspective on the cultural politics of Charles Brockden Brown The novels of Charles Brockden Brown, the most accomplished literary fi... Read More
Overview :When Dr. Stevens finds a young man sitting alone in Phildelphia, he takes pity on him and invites him into his home. The young man's name is... Read More
Overview :An elderly mystic dies of spontaneous combustion in a secret temple. A young man is haunted by voices instructing him to slaughter his wife ... Read More
Overview :How will your wonder, and that of your companions, be excited by my story Every sentiment will yield to your amazement. If my testimony wer... Read More
Overview :I sit down, my friend, to comply with thy request. At length does the impetuosity of my fears, the transports of my wonder, permit me to rec... Read More
Overview :Theodore Wieland hears mysterious voices. Are these the result of delusions, ventriloquism, or divine forces? In this Gothic thriller, novel... Read More
Overview :As Stephen Calvert pursues marriage, he encounters baffling difficulties in courting two different women. Struggling to comprehend his circu... Read More
Overview :Arthur Mervyn has long puzzled students and scholars with its seeming diffuseness, resulting from its original serial publication. Critics a... Read More
Overview :Based on a terrifying real-life incident, this tale of seduction, insanity, and murder is one of America's earliest novels. It unfolds in ru... Read More
Overview :"Edgar Huntly," an early American novel by Charles Brockden Brown, is the story of its title character, who upon learning of the death of th... Read More
Overview :Called a "remarkable story" by John Greenleaf Whittier and described by John Keats as "very powerful," Wieland, Charles Brockden Brown's dis... Read More
Overview :Narrated by Clara, the only survivor of the cursed Wieland family, this Gothic tale builds in suspense to one tragic night when Clara's brot... Read More
Overview :Wieland, the story of religious delusions and horrific violence on the eve of the American Revolution, is the first gothic novel in America ... Read More