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Book Review of Edgar Huntly, Or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker

Edgar Huntly, Or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
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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.