Called a ""remarkable story"" by John Greenleaf Whittier and described by John Keats as ""very powerful,"" Wieland, Charles Brockden Brown's disturbing 1798 tale of terror, is a masterpiece involving spontaneous combustion, disembodied voices, religious mania, and a gruesome murder based on a real-life incident.
This Modern Library Paperback Classic includes Wieland's fragmentary sequel, Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist, as well as several other important but hard-to-find Brockden Brown short stories, including ""Thessalonica,"" ""Walstein's School of History,"" and ""Death of Cicero."" This collection also reproduces the newspaper account of the murder that inspired Wieland.
By:
Charles Brockden Brown Introduction by:
Caleb Crain Imprint: Modern Library Country of Publication: United States Edition: New edition Dimensions:
Height: 217mm,
Width: 141mm,
Spine: 24mm
Weight: 482g ISBN:9780375759031 ISBN 10: 0375759034 Series:Modern Library Classics Pages: 256 Publication Date:15 April 2002 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
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