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Edgar Huntly, Or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
Edgar Huntly Or Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
Author: Norman S. Grabo, Charles Brockden Brown
"Edgar Huntley" is the story of a young man who sleepwalks each night, a threat to himself and others, unable to control his baser passions. Set outside Philadelphia in 1787, the book becomes a metaphor for the founding of a new nation. Its characters face the problems confronted by the framers of the Constitution: how to harness the irrational,...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780140390629
ISBN-10: 0140390626
Publication Date: 1/5/1988
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Penguin Classics
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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