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Charles Brockden Brown is no longer as well known as some of his American contemporaries, but in his day he was widely lauded and regarded as the most important American novelist before James Fenimore Cooper. Brown's specialty was Gothic horror novels, the kind that would become... Read Full Overview

Book Excerpt: ortley when they were presented to each other. His satisfaction was mingled with surprise, and his surprise with anger. Mervyn, in his turn, betrayed considerable embarrassment. Wortley's thoughts were too earnest on some topic to allow him to converse. He shortly... Read Full Overview

Mervyn begins to get sick, and fearing a forced trip to the hospital (a death trap), he decides to hide himself in the old Welbeck mansion. Welbeck leaves Mervyn to die, and Mervyn eventually wanders out into the street and collapses. Mervyn is discovered by Dr. Stevens sitting... Read Full Overview

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This novel tells the story of Arthur Mervyn, a young man who moves to Philadelphia in 1793 and becomes embroiled in the yellow fever epidemic that ravaged the city that year. With vivid descriptions of the devastation wrought by the epidemic, as well as the social and political... Read Full Overview

A gripping novel of suspense and intrigue set in Philadelphia during the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793, featuring a young protagonist caught up in a web of deceit and conspiracy.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the... Read Full Overview

A gripping novel of suspense and intrigue set in Philadelphia during the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793, featuring a young protagonist caught up in a web of deceit and conspiracy.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the... Read Full Overview

Arthur Mervyn, a novel written by Charles Brockden Brown, was published in 1799. One of Brown's more popular novels and representative of Brown's dark, gothic style and subject matter, Arthur Mervyn is also recognized as one of the most influential works of American and Philadelphia... Read Full Overview

Arthur Mervyn, a novel written by Charles Brockden Brown, was published in 1799. One of Brown's more popular novels and representative of Brown's dark, gothic style and subject matter, Arthur Mervyn is also recognized as one of the most influential works of American and Philadelphia... Read Full Overview

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Reproduction of the original: Arthur Merwin by Charles Brockden Brown

Book Excerptortley when they were presented to each other. His satisfaction was mingled with surprise, and his surprise with anger. Mervyn, in his turn, betrayed considerable embarrassment. Wortley's thoughts were too earnest on some topic to allow him to converse. He shortly... Read Full Overview