Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker by Charles Brockden Brown

"Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker" by Charles Brockden Brown is a Gothic novel published in 1799. Set in rural Pennsylvania, it follows Edgar Huntly as he investigates his friend's murder. When he discovers a servant sleepwalking near the crime scene, Huntly begins a dangerous pursuit through the wilderness. But Huntly harbors his own dark secret—he too is a sleepwalker. His nocturnal wanderings lead him to awaken in a pitch-black cave, triggering a harrowing struggle for survival involving hostile encounters and shocking revelations. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810
Title Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
Alternate Title Edgar Huntley
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Huntly
Credits Produced by Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Reading Level Reading ease score: 71.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Horror tales
Subject Delaware Indians -- Fiction
Subject Psychological fiction
Subject Young men -- Fiction
Subject Epistolary fiction
Subject Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction
Subject Wilderness areas -- Fiction
Subject Dementia -- Fiction
Subject Sleepwalking -- Fiction
Subject Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 8223
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Feb 10, 2015
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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