Wieland, 1798; Ormond, 1799; Edgar Huntly, 1799; Arthur Mervyn, 1799 & Jane Talbot, 1801
Author: Charles Brockden Brown, 1771-1810
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Wieland: or, The Transformation: An American Tale by Publication Date: 1798Theodore Wieland hears mysterious voices. Beset by religious guilt that erupts into mania, Theodore is transformed into the murderer of his wife and children.Ormond; or, The Secret Witness by
Publication Date: 1799Virtuous Constantia Dudley falls prey to the devious machinations of a member of a secret society.Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleepwalker by
Publication Date: 1799Troubled by the unexplained murder of his friend, Edgar Huntly feels guilt that he will benefit from the tragedy.
Arthur Mervyn by Publication Date: 1799Arthur Mervyn is the story of a young man from the country who arrives in a city stricken with Yellow Fever.
Jane Talbot: A Novel by Publication Date: 1801An epistolary novel that is told through a series of 70 letters narrating the love story of a young American widow and the only son of a wealthy father who opposes their union.
Julia, and the Illuminated Baron, 1800 & Dorval; or, The Speculator, 1801
Author: Sally S.B.K. Wood, 1759-1855
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Julia, and the Illuminated Baron by Publication Date: 1800A spunky American girl falls into the clutches of a Revolutionary atheist and member of the Illuminati.Dorval; or, The Speculator by
Publication Date: 1801The villain Dorval disguises himself as an astrologer and fortune-teller to dupe the heroine.
The Asylum, or, Alonzo and Melissa: An American Tale, Founded on Fact, 1811
Author: Isaac Mitchell, approx. 1759-1812
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The Asylum, or, Alonzo and Melissa: An American Tale, Founded on Fact by
Publication Date: 1811An unforgiving father imprisons his daughter in a castle on the shores of Long Island Sound in an attempt to keep her away from her lover.
Rip Van Winkle, 1819 & The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, 1820
Author: Washington Irving, 1783-1859
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Rip Van Winkle by Publication Date: 1819Rip Van Winkle wanders into the woods to escape his nagging wife and falls asleep for 20 years, missing the Revolutionary War, among many other changes.The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by
Publication Date: 1820The story of ambitious schoolmaster Ichabod Crane and the headless horseman that pursues him.