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Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
Edgar Huntly or Memoirs of a SleepWalker
Author: Charles Brockden Brown
Charles Brockden Brown is no longer as well known as some of his American contemporaries, but in his day he was widely lauded and regarded as the most important American novelist before James Fenimore Cooper. Brown's specialty was Gothic horror novels, the kind that would become extremely popular across the West during the early 19th century and...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781523495016
ISBN-10: 1523495014
Publication Date: 1/20/2016
Pages: 170
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Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Edgar Huntley sleepwalks each night, a threat to himself and others, unable to control his baser passions. Set outside Phildelphia in 1787, the book becomes a metaphor for the founding of a new nation.

One of America's first Gothic novels, Edgar Huntley is a tale of mystery, murder, vengeance, and psychological terror.


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