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Wieland
Charles Brockden Brown
Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · November 26, 2012
Reading lane: Gothic Romance
A Classics pick for readers exploring Wieland.
At a Glance
Why This Clicks
Gothic Unease
An early American novel where rural suspense meets Gothic strangeness and religious fanaticism.
Come here for
- Suspense rooted in an actual family-murder case
- Gothic devices, from ventriloquism to spontaneous combustion
Expect
- A 1760s Pennsylvania setting
- Sensational turns and an unsettling edge
Book Details
- Authors
- Charles Brockden Brown
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- November 26, 2012
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Gothic Romance · Supernatural Thrillers
- Reading lane
- Gothic Romance
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Publisher Categories
Gothic Romance
About This Book
One of the earliest major American novels, Wieland (1798) is a thrilling tale of suspense and intrigue set in rural Pennsylvania in the 1760s. Based on an actual case of a New York farmer who murdered his family, the novel employs Gothic devices and sensational elements such as spontaneous combustion, ventriloquism, and religious fanaticism.
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