Bibliograph

Edgar Huntly, or, Memoirs of a sleep-walker, Charles Brockden Brown ; edited with an introduction by Norman S. Grabo

Type

Label

Edgar Huntly, or, Memoirs of a sleep-walker, Charles Brockden Brown ; edited with an introduction by Norman S. Grabo

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxv-xxvi)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Edgar Huntly, or, Memoirs of a sleep-walker

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

15696970

Responsibility statement

Charles Brockden Brown ; edited with an introduction by Norman S. Grabo

Series statement

Penguin classics

Summary

Edgar Huntly is the story of a young man who sleepwalks each night, a threat to himself and others, unable to control his baser passions. Set outside Philadelphia in 1787, the book becomes a metaphor for the founding of a new nation. Its characters face the problems confronted by the framers of the Constitution: how to harness the irrational, passionate aspects of man's nature without sacrificing individual liberty

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