Edgar Huntly Brown Charles Brockden
Edgar Huntly Brown Charles Brockden Edgar Huntly, or, Memoirs of a Sleepwalker (1799) is a novel by American author Charles Brockden Brown. While walking at night near the scene of the crime, Huntly…
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Edgar Huntly Brown Charles Brockden
Edgar Huntly, or, Memoirs of a Sleepwalker (1799) is a novel by American author Charles Brockden Brown. While walking at night near the scene of the crime, Huntly sees a servant from a nearby farm named Clithero digging in the ground beneath a willow. Combining the suspenseful style of Gothic fiction with such thematic interests as consciousness, morality, and truth, Brown's novel shows the profound influence of European literature on his aesthetic while grounding the narrative in a distinctly American setting.Following the murder of his friend Waldegrave, the young Edgar Huntly devotes himself to uncovering the mystery of his death.
After realizing that the man is a sleepwalker, he confronts Clithero, who denies murdering Initially horrified at the man's strange behavior and disheveled appearance, Huntly soon becomes suspicious and decides to question Clithero.