This is a psychological thriller written in the early 18th Century. Essentially, it is about the adult children of a religious radical man and their internal struggles. When a stranger named Carwin comes into their lives, strange things begin to happen to them, and they begin to believe they are hearing the word of God . . . but how much of their craziness is inherited, and how much of it comes from an outside source?

If you like early American literature and dark, Gothic, or suspense novels.

The story was intriguing and left me with a million questions floating around in my head at the end.

Charles Brockden Brown's writing style, syntax and lack of character development really made this novel a tough read for me.

I needed to think heavily about what I had just read . . . to put together pieces in mind.

Confused. But I feel that that is the intention of this book. The internal struggles of the characters really start to become the reader's struggles.

It is really a good study of pyschological motivation, after you are done weeding through the language.

I found that the language made the book go on and on with no end in site, without drawing my attention at all to the horrific circumstances or making me feel pity for or the pain of the characters.

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