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Wieland; or the Transformation and Memoirs of Carwin, The Biloquist (Oxford World's Classics) (Updated Edition) by Charles Brockden Brown, Emory Elliott (Editor), Varios Autores Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 1999 ISBN-10: 0-19-283680-3 / 0192836803 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-283680-9 / 9780192836809 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 combustio |