Edgar Huntly; Or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
Edgar Huntly; Or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker,epistolary romance by C.B. Brown, published in 1799.
Edgar, in his letters to Mary Waldegrave, tells of startling occurrences in a Pennsylvania town, and his investigation of morose Clithero Edny, whom he has observed sleep-walking at the site of the recent murder of Mary's brother. Clithero confesses that he has escaped from Ireland, believing that he killed his benefactress, Mrs. Lorimer; then, his mind evidently unbalanced, he runs away to a nearby cave. One night, after Edgar has visited Clithero in his retreat, he finds himself lying in an underground pit, unable to account for his being there. He is soon involved in a number of adventures, barely escaping death in the pit, killing a panther that is about to leap on him, killing five Indians in a series of battles, and spending several days in the woods in a state of near collapse. When he finds shelter, he unexpectedly meets his former tutor,...
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