Project Gutenberg 2011-05-31 Public domain in the USA. 111 Brown, Charles Brockden 1771 1810 Brown, C. B. (Charles Brockden) Brown, Brockden Poplicola Ormond; Or, The Secret Witness. Volume 1 (of 3) E-text prepared by Andrea Ball, Christine Bell, & Marc D'Hooghe (http://www.freeliterature.org) from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (http://books.google.com/) "Ormond; Or, The Secret Witness. Volume 1" by Charles Brockden Brown is a novel written in the early 19th century. The book explores themes of personal tragedy, moral dilemmas, and social critique through its primary character, Stephen Dudley, who faces a series of misfortunes that leads him from a life of promise to one of despair. As the narrative unfolds, it delves into the struggles that Dudley and his family endure amid their social and economic challenges, ultimately highlighting the intersection of individual fate and broader societal influences. At the start of the novel, we meet Stephen Dudley, a former painter turned apothecary who is reluctant to adjust to his new role after his father's death. He grapples with feelings of discontent and financial insecurity, driven primarily by the burden of his father's estate and the need to support his family. As he navigates these hardships, an unexpected encounter with a young man named Craig leads to a partnership that initially appears beneficial but later reveals troubling deceit. The opening chapters establish a landscape rife with tension as Dudley’s struggles comprise not just economic survival but also moral questions, setting the stage for a complex exploration of identity and resilience amid adversity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Young women -- Fiction Gothic fiction Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 219312 219078 2024-09-15T10:53:11.105598 2023-09-16T04:42:13.735052 text/html text/html 217543 2011-05-31T14:36:29 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 80457 2011-05-31T14:41:33 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 144344 2024-09-15T10:53:15.649561 application/epub+zip 146978 2024-09-15T10:53:12.533588 application/epub+zip 146979 2024-09-15T10:53:11.668567 application/epub+zip 322907 2024-09-15T10:53:18.128554 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 312421 2024-09-15T10:53:15.069572 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 312550 2022-09-16T14:35:32.539123 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 209016 208826 2024-09-15T10:53:10.792610 2023-09-16T04:42:13.453032 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 208644 2011-05-31T14:30:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 77820 2011-05-31T14:30:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 208654 2011-05-31T14:30:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 77825 2011-05-31T14:30:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20968 2024-09-15T10:53:18.260534 application/rdf+xml 19498 2024-09-15T10:53:12.022565 image/jpeg 4449 2024-09-15T10:53:11.838579 image/jpeg 144975 2024-09-15T10:53:11.126587 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia