Ormond; or, the Secret Witness
1799 novel by Charles Brockden Brown
Ormond; Or, The Secret Witness is a 1799 political and social novel by American writer Charles Brockden Brown. The novel thematically focuses on the ways in which individuals change in reaction to their social environments.[1]
The novel follows a female protagonist Constantia and her relationship with the mysterious Ormond, who is also the title character.[2]
The novel thoroughly explores Republicanism in the United States and the republican values common to the early American nation.[3]
References
- ^ Charles Brockden Brown (2009) [1799]. Philip Barnard; Stephen Shapiro (eds.). Ormond; or, the Secret Witness With Related Texts. Hachette Publishing. ISBN 9781603841252.
- ^ Christophersen, Bill (1980-04-01). "Charles Brockden Brown's "Ormond": The Secret Witness as Ironic Motif". Modern Language Studies. 10 (2): 37–41. doi:10.2307/3194242. ISSN 0047-7729. JSTOR 3194242.
- ^ Drexler, Michael J.; White, Ed (2009). "Secret Witness; or, the Fantasy Structure of Republicanism". Early American Literature. 44 (2): 333–363. doi:10.1353/eal.0.0066. ISSN 1534-147X.
Project Gutenberg
- Volume One at Project Gutenberg
- Volume Two at Project Gutenberg
- Volume Three at Project Gutenberg
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Novels by Charles Brockden Brown
- Sky-Walk; or, The Man Unknown to Himself (never published)
- Wieland; or, the Transformation (September 1798)
- Ormond; or, the Secret Witness (January 1799)
- Arthur Mervyn; or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 (Part I, May 1799, Part II, September 1800)
- Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker (August 1799)
- Memoirs of Stephen Calvert (serialized from June 1799 to June 1800)
- Clara Howard; In a Series of Letters (June 1801)
- Jane Talbot; A Novel (December 1801)
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