Wieland

Or, the Transformation, an American Tale

Fiction & Literature, Classics
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Author: Charles Brockden Brown ISBN: 9781775412007
Publisher: The Floating Press Publication: January 1, 2009
Imprint: The Floating Press Language: English
Author: Charles Brockden Brown
ISBN: 9781775412007
Publisher: The Floating Press
Publication: January 1, 2009
Imprint: The Floating Press
Language: English
Wieland, named by his father after a German nickname for the devil, inherits both his father's estate and religious susceptibility. His idyllic rural life is disrupted when he falls prey to the ventriloquist Carwin, who convinces Wieland that a divine voice is commanding him to slaughter his family. He is tried for the murders of his wife and children, for which he expresses no remorse. He later escapes prison in an attempt to kill his sister Clara, who narrates the story. Clara and Carwin have an ambiguous relationship of attraction and repulsion. Brown's work was an important precursor to such Gothic masters as Edgar Allan Poe and Mary Shelley.
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Wieland, named by his father after a German nickname for the devil, inherits both his father's estate and religious susceptibility. His idyllic rural life is disrupted when he falls prey to the ventriloquist Carwin, who convinces Wieland that a divine voice is commanding him to slaughter his family. He is tried for the murders of his wife and children, for which he expresses no remorse. He later escapes prison in an attempt to kill his sister Clara, who narrates the story. Clara and Carwin have an ambiguous relationship of attraction and repulsion. Brown's work was an important precursor to such Gothic masters as Edgar Allan Poe and Mary Shelley.

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