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Wieland: Or, the Transformation: An American Tale and Other Stories
Contributor(s): Brown, Charles Brockden (Author), Crain, Caleb (Introduction by)
ISBN: 0375759034     ISBN-13: 9780375759031
Publisher: Modern Library
OUR PRICE:   $20.70  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2002
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Annotation: 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.
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Horror - General
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Classics
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2002071426
Series: Modern Library Classics (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.92" H x 5.6" W x 8.5" (1.08 lbs) 412 pages
 
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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.