The death of his patron Elihu Smith led him to publish the works for which he is most famous, one of which is an epistolary novel about the love between Edward Hartley and the title heroine, Clara Howard.
Many of his earliest works were read aloud to a literary society called The Friendly Club, including the now-lost novel The Sky-Walk. The death of his patron Elihu Smith led him to publish the works for which he is most famous, one of which is an epistolary novel about the love between Edward Hartley and the title heroine, Clara Howard. Another novel revolves around a yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia and the sinister machinations of Thomas Welbeck, who swindles Arthur Mervyn. His most famous novel describes some horrific occurrences after Carwin the Biloquist meets the titular New York family. FTP, identify this American novelist, the author of Edgar Huntly, Ormond, and Wieland.
Many of his earliest works were read aloud to a literary society called The Friendly Club, including the now-lost novel The Sky-Walk.
Charles Brockden Brown