Wieland and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist (Penguin Classics)

A terrifying account of the fallibility of the human mind and, by extension, of democracy itself,Wielandbrilliantly reflects the psychological, social, and political concerns of the early American republic. In the fragmentary sequel,Memoirs, Brown explores Carwins bizarre history as a manipulated disciple of the charismatic utopian Ludloe.

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