Ormond; or, the Secret Witness

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Ormond; Or, The Secret Witness is a 1799 political and social novel by American writer Charles Brockden Brown. The novel focuses on the ways in which individuals change in reaction to their social environments. [1] The novel follows a female protagonist Constantia and her relationship with the mysterious Ormond. [2] The novel thoroughly explores Republicanism in the United States and the republican values common to the early American nation. [3]

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  1. ↑ Charles Brockden Brown (2009) [1799]. Philip Barnard; Stephen Shapiro (eds.). Ormond; or, the Secret Witness With Related Texts. Hachette Publishing. ISBN   9781603841252.
  2. ↑ Christophersen, Bill (1980-04-01). "Charles Brockden Brown's "Ormond": The Secret Witness as Ironic Motif". Modern Language Studies. 10 (2): 37–41. doi:10.2307/3194242. ISSN   0047-7729. JSTOR   3194242.
  3. ↑ Drexler, Michael J.; White, Ed (2009). "Secret Witness; or, the Fantasy Structure of Republicanism" . Early American Literature. 44 (2): 333–363. doi:10.1353/eal.0.0066. ISSN   1534-147X.

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