i speed read this for a course. i think this should explain the rating.

This is a book that only a literature major could love. It's primary renown is for being the first American Gothic novel. As you might expect from 18th century fiction, it drags its feet like a corpse. Brown covers in a chapter what other writers might cover in a handful of lively paragraphs. The wr

I wish I could like this novel more than I do, but (as with Weiland), although it is innovative, although it possesses all the plot ingredients and much of the atmosphere for a first-class, genuinely American gothic novel, yet its prose is so pedestrian, its structure so flawed, its imagery so disor

Edgar Huntly marks the first of a series of supporting texts that I am to read in order to be able to decipher my brother-in-law's dissertation which was given to me as a Christmas present. Christ indeed. What have I gotten myself into?

I don't normally read novels written in 1799. It was nice to mak

edgar eating his shirt from the starvation of a few hours is the one and only reason to read this book. it gave this book all three of these stars.

Though the plot was interesting and many of the themes of the work did come across effectively, I could not really abide the prose of the book. I'm usually a big fan of long winded prose being a fan of most Victorian literature, but this book really tested my patience. It didn't help that the book w

A book with knickers, sleepwalking, and killer Indians?! If you have the mind of a 12-year old like I do, try and find me a better book.