Happy birthday, Charles Brockden Brown and Anne Brontë!

[eldritchhobbit]

Happy birthday to Charles Brockden Brown (17 January, 1771 - 22 February, 1810) and Anne Brontë (17 January, 1820 - 28 May, 1849)!

"Yet I will persist to the end. My narrative may be invaded by inaccuracy and confusion; but if I live no longer, I will, at least, live to complete it. What but ambiguities, abruptnesses, and dark transitions, can be

Comments

[litlover12]

I love Anne Bronte! Happy birthday to her!

(I don't know Brown, but happy birthday to him anyway. :-) )

[wellinghall]

I don't know Brown either. There are times when I feel rather ignorant.

[eldritchhobbit]

Brown was the first major novelist of the United States, and his fantastic books also pioneered the American Gothic. He influenced Poe and Lovecraft, among others. Wonderfully dark stuff!

[muuranker]

Nor do I - very happy to discover a lot free on Kindle.