Wieland (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Brockden Brown
- First Published: 1798
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Gothic
- Time of Work: Eighteenth century
- Setting: Pennsylvania
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature, Gothic fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Tricks, Love or romance, Suicide, Murder or homicide, Supernatural, Brothers and sisters, Pennsylvania, Mental illness, Eighteenth century, Death or dying, Inheritance or succession, Philadelphia, Horror, Fanaticism
- Locales: Pennsylvania
Characters Discussed
Mr. Wieland, a religious fanatic. He fears a dreadful punishment because he has not answered a “call” to become a missionary. He dies by what seems to be spontaneous combustion: His clothes suddenly burst into flames one night as he meditates. He is Clara and young Wieland’s father.
Clara Wieland, the narrator, who writes a long letter telling of the tragedy that is visited upon her family. She is attracted to Carwin, but when he defames her character to drive off a rival suitor, her love ends. Eventually, she marries Henry Pleyel, the brother...
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