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Wieland

Charles Brockden Brown

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The lives of a prosperous, intellectual family are disrupted when they meet the mysterious Carwin. Set in the period before the Revolutionary War, this is often described as the first American Gothic novel.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .I must desist for a little while.

I have taken a few turns in my chamber, and have gathered strength enough to proceed. Yet have I not projected a task beyond my power to execute? If thus, on the very threshold of the scene, my knees faulter and I sink, how shall I support myself, when I rush into the midst of horrors such as no heart has hitherto conceived, nor tongue related? I sicken and recoil at the prospect, and yet my irresolution is momentary. I have not formed this design upon slight grounds, and though I may at times pause and hesitate, I will not be finally diverted from it.

And thou, O most fatal and potent of mankind, in what terms shall I describe thee? What words are adequate to the just delineation of thy character? How shall I detail the means which rendered the secrecy of thy purposes unfathomable? But I will not anticipate. Let me recover if possible, a sober strain. Let me keep down the flood of passion that would render me precip. . . Read More

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The plot line could have been good, but i found myself becoming too lost and confused most of the time. The execution was absolutely not it.

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[…] “pubblicato nel 1798 e lontanamente ispirato a un fatto di cronaca accaduto due anni prima […]. La trasformazione che vi viene raccontata, attraverso il ricordo della sorella del protagonista, è quella di un uomo mite ed intelligente, […], che diventa un pazzo omicida, convint

Strange and mysterious events surrounding the hearing of supernatural voices.

A tricky tale whose beginning hints only slightly at its end. The type of plot that the book uses is less common now than it was in the early days of gothic and sensationalist tales, and the plot twist relies on there being

How do you judge a writer who has a spark of genius but almost no talent or skill? That's my dilemma with Charles Brockden Brown.

First the genius part. Brown is credited--fairly I think--with being the United States' first professional novelist, and it is remarkable how many important American them

What interests me the most about Wieland is the time-span of its narrative, between the end of the American Revolution and the beginning of the French Revolution. Brown clearly wants his story of a 'ventriloquist' (not Edgar Bergen --- here, someone skilled in tricking others to ascribe his 'thrown

Wieland, or, The Transformation, An American Tale is a remarkable book for a number of reasons. American literature scarcely existed in the late 18th century when Charles Brockden Brown made the bold decision to pursue a literary career. Wieland, published in 1798, is a gothic novel, but it’s more t

Poor Charles Brockden Brown. While no one would mistake him for a great, forgotten writer, his kooky, early American Gothic style still has its charms, if for no other reason than the completely ape-shit plot devices that he works with. Spontaneous Combustion! Ventriloquism! Religious Fanaticism! In

Resulta curioso que la primera novela norteamericana, se encuadre dentro del gótico americano, y además pertenezca a la corriente del Psycho Killer, la literatura de psicópatas, que ha llegado hasta nuestros días. Escrita en 1798, ‘Wieland, o la Transformación’ (Wieland; or, The Transformation), est

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