Ormond; Or, The Secret Witness. Volume 1 (of 3)
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Brown is often called the first American novelist. Originally published in 1799, Ormond was inspired by enlightenment philosophers and Gothic writers. The novel engages with many of the period's popular debates about women's education, marriage, and the morality of violence, while the plot revolves around the Gothic themes of seduction, murder, incest, impersonation, romance and disease. Set in post-revolitionary Philadelphia, Ormond examines the prospects of the struggling nation by tracing the experiences of Constantia, a young virtuous republican who struggles to survive when her father's b...
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- ORMOND;
- OR, THE SECRET WITNESS.
- B. C. BROWN,
- AUTHOR OF WIELAND, OR TRANSFORMATION. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I.
- TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LADY CASTLEREAGH, THESE VOLUMES are respectfully inscribed, by her Ladyship's most obedient, and humble Servant, HENRY COLBURN.
- INTRODUCTION.
- ORMOND,
- OR THE SECRET WITNESS.
- CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER IV.
- CHAPTER V.
- CHAPTER VI.
- CHAPTER VII.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- CHAPTER IX.
- CHAPTER X.
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