Ormond - Or, The Secret Witness (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781409765479)

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.

Author: Charles Brockden Brown
ISBN-10: 1409765474
ISBN-13: 9781409765479
Publisher: Maurois Press
Language: English
Published: 06/27/2008
Pages: 410
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.91d