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Wieland; or the Transformation and Memoirs of Carwin, The Biloquist (Oxford World's Classics) (Reprint Edition) by Charles Brockden Brown, Emory Elliott (Editor), Lord Byron Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2009 ISBN-10: 0-19-953877-8 / 0199538778 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-953877-5 / 9780199538775 One of the earliest American novels, Wieland (1798) is a thrilling tale of suspense and intrigue set in rural Pennyslvania 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, ven |