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

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Paperback - Used

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3.1/5 Goodreads

Synopsis
Edgar Huntly is the story of a young man who sleepwalks each night, a threat to himself and others, unable to control his baser passions. Set outside Philadelphia in 1787, the book becomes a metaphor for the founding of a new nation. Its characters face the problems confronted by the framers of the Constitution: how to harness the irrational, pas- sionate aspects of man's nature without sacrificing individual liberty.
One of America's first Gothic novels, Edgar Huntly is a tale of mystery, murder, vengeance, and psychological terror.