<p>Biographical Bytes from Bala #042, section 1</p>
<p>Charles Brockden Brown is regarded by scholars as the most important American novelist before James Fenimore Cooper.  His best-known works include Wieland and Edgar Huntly, both of which display his characteristic interest in Gothic themes. His works heavily influenced both Mary Bysshe Shelley and Edgar Allen Poe. </p>


<description>&lt;p&gt;Biographical Bytes from Bala #042, section 1&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Charles Brockden Brown is regarded by scholars as the most important American novelist before James Fenimore Cooper.  His best-known works include Wieland and Edgar Huntly, both of which display his characteristic interest in Gothic themes. His works heavily influenced both Mary Bysshe Shelley and Edgar Allen Poe. &lt;/p&gt;
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Biographical Bytes from Bala #042, section 1
Charles Brockden Brown is regarded by scholars as the most important American novelist before James Fenimore Cooper.  His best-known works include Wieland and Edgar Huntly, both of which display his characteristic interest in Gothic themes. His works heavily influenced both Mary Bysshe Shelley and Edgar Allen Poe. 

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Charles Brockden Brown: America's First Major Novelist

Charles Brockden Brown: America's First Major Novelist

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