Ormond - Or, The Secret Witness
May 2015 · Read Books Ltd
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This classic volume contains two novels by Charles Brockden Brown: “Ormond - Or, The Secret Witness” and “Clara - Or, The Enthusiasm Of Love”. “Ormond” is the story of the fall into poverty of the Dudley family. After a trusted employee embezzles large sums of money and leaves them with an impossible debt, the Dudley family are forced to move to Philadelphia, where they endure the demise of their mother, a disastrous epidemic, and the travails of winter. That is, until Ormond comes into their lives. Charles Brockden Brown (1771–1810) an American historian and novelist, widely considered by scholars to be one of the greatest American novelists. Many classic books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
This classic volume contains two novels by Charles Brockden Brown: “Ormond - Or, The Secret Witness” and “Clara - Or, The Enthusiasm Of Love”. “Ormond” is the story of the fall into poverty of the Dudley family. After a trusted employee embezzles large sums of money and leaves them with an imposs...
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Charles Brockden Brown was born on January 17, 1771 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After he completed his schooling in 1787, he began apprenticing at the law offices of Alexander Wilcocks and pursued literary interests. When he was 18, he published his first literary works: the Rhapsodist sketches, which appeared anonymously in the Columbian Magazine, and a poem entitled An Inscription for General Washington's Tomb Stone, which appeared in the State Gazette of North Carolina. In 1793, he abandoned the law to attempt a life of letters. Within four years, between 1789 and 1801, he published six novels: Wieland, Ormand, Arthur Mervyn, Edgar Huntly, Clara Howard and Jane Talbot. He died of tuberculosis on February 22, 1810.
Charles Brockden Brown was born on January 17, 1771 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After he completed his schooling in 1787, he began apprenticing at the law offices of Alexander Wilcocks and pursued literary interests. When he was 18, he published his first literary works: the Rhapsodist sketche...
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