| Edgar Huntly | |
| Author | Charles Brockden Brown |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Gothic novel |
| Publisher | H. Charles Brockden Brown ( January 17, 1771 - February 22, 1810) an American novelist, Historian, and editor The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Gothic fiction (sometimes referred to as Gothic horror) is a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Maxwell |
| Publication date | 1799 |
Edgar Huntly, Or, Memoirs of a Sleepwalker is a 1799 novel by the American author Charles Brockden Brown. Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a See also 1798 in literature, other events of 1799, 1800 in literature, List of years in literature. Charles Brockden Brown ( January 17, 1771 - February 22, 1810) an American novelist, Historian, and editor
Plot Summary
Edgar Huntly, a young man who lives with his uncle and cousins (his only remaining family) on a farm outside Philadelphia, begins the novel determined to learn who murdered his friend Waldegrave. Walking near the elm tree under which Waldegrave was killed late one night, Huntly sees Clithero, a servant from a neighboring farm, half-dressed, digging in the ground and weeping loudly. Huntly concludes that Clithero may be the murderer. He also concludes that Clithero is sleepwalking. Huntly decides to follow Clithero when he sleep walks. Clithero leads Huntly through rough countryside, but all this following doesn't lead to Huntly learning much about the murder. Eventually, Huntly confronts Clithero when they are both awake and demands that he confess. Clithero does confess, but not to Waldegrave's murder. Instead he tells a complicated story about his life in Ireland, where he believes he was responsible for the death of a woman who was his patron, after which he fled to Pennsylvania. Clithero claims to know nothing about Waldegrave's murder.
One night soon after Huntly goes to sleep in his own bed and wakes up in a completely dark place made of rock, which he eventually determines is a cave. He is hungry, thirsty, and feels as though he's been beaten. He is attacked by a panther, which he manages to kill and then drinks some of its blood and eats some of its flesh. Looking for his way out of the cave, he finds that some Native Americans are holding a white girl prisoner at the mouth of the cave. Edgar kills the indigenous people and rescues the girl. In their flight, he kills more Native Americans, who seem to have begun a war. By the end of the novel, Edgar learns (among other things) that he himself has been sleepwalking, that Clithero was indeed not involved in Waldegrave's murder, that Waldegrave was murdered by Native Americans, perhaps the ones he has himself killed, and that he and his fiancee are both destined to inherit nothing.
References
External links
Edgar Huntly, available at Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg, abbreviated as PG, is a volunteer effort to Digitize, archive and distribute Cultural works
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