Burr (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Gore Vidal
- First Published: 1973
- Type of Plot: Historical chronicle
- Time of Work: 1776-1840
- Setting: New York, Washington, D.C., and the western states and territories
- Principal Characters: Aaron Burr, Eliza Bowen Jumel, Charles Schuyler, Helen Jewett, William Cullen Bryant, William Leggett, Washington Irving, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, James Madison, John Marshall, John Randolph, James Wilkinson
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: New York
- Locales: New York, NY
The Novel
Burr begins on July 1, 1833, with a special dispatch from the New York Evening Post announcing the marriage of “Colonel Aaron Burr, aged seventy-seven” to “Eliza Jumel, born Bowen fifty-eight years ago (more likely sixty-five but remember: she is prone to litigation!).” The author of the dispatch, and narrator of the novel, is Charles Schuyler, who is studying law under Burr, an attorney still active in the affairs of love and politics. Schuyler’s narrative intended to resolve some of the confusion and the conflicting claims that mark...
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