Wieland; or, the Transformation: An American Tale

by Charles Brockden Brown

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781633558779
Publisher:	Start Classics
Publication date:	02/13/2015
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	229
File size:	391 KB

About the Author

Born in Philadelphia and raised in a Quaker family, Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810) wrote short stories, essays, poetry, reviews, and historical surveys. The most ambitious, prolific, and accomplished of America's early novelists, Brown is also the most frequently studied and published.