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Wieland, or, The Transformation
| Author: | Charles Brockden Brown |
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Oxford University Press, USA, 2009 H. Caritat, 1798 |
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| Book Type: | Novel |
| Genre: | Horror |
| Sub-Genre Tags: | Gothic |
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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.
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