Arthur Mervyn by Charles Brockden Brown
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Arthur Mervyn by Charles Brockden Brown is a arts podcast hosted by Loyal Books. It has 48 episodes, with the latest published January 2026.
Kicked out of his parental home by his scheming young stepmother, a young country boy, Arthur Mervyn arrives in Philadelphia. Here he finds the city in the throes of a deadly yellow-fever epidemic. However, he finds a small job as a clerk and is determined to make his way in the world. He soon discovers that his employer is a con man and a murderer. One night, Arthur helps him dispose of a body in the river. While they're struggling with the corpse, the employer is swept away by the current...If you haven't encountered American Gothic before, Arthur Mervyn by Charles Brockden Brown is a great introduction to this genre. Originally published in two parts, the novel is set in the turbulent, crime ridden and disease prone Philadelphia of 1793. Arthur Mervyn was published in 1799 and 1800 respectively. It reflects several aspects of the age in which Brockden Brown wrote the aftermath of the French Revolution was still being felt in America. The Reign of Terror, which dismantled the class
arts ·en-us ·48 episodes
01 – Chapter 01
02 – Chapter 02
03 – Chapter 03
04 – Chapter 04
05 – Chapter 05
06 – Chapter 06
07 – Chapter 07
08 – Chapter 08
09 – Chapter 09
10 – Chapter 10
11 – Chapter 11
12 – Chapter 12
13 – Chapter 13
14 – Chapter 14
15 – Chapter 15
16 – Chapter 16
17 – Chapter 17
18 – Chapter 18
19 – Chapter 19
20 – Chapter 20
21 – Chapter 21
22 – Chapter 22
23 – Chapter 23
24 – Chapter 24
25 – Chapter 25
26 – Chapter 26
27 – Chapter 27
28 – Chapter 28
29 – Chapter 29
30 – Chapter 30
31 – Chapter 31
32 – Chapter 32
33 – Chapter 33
34 – Chapter 34
35 – Chapter 35
36 – Chapter 36
37 – Chapter 37
38 – Chapter 38
39 – Chapter 39
40 – Chapter 40
41 – Chapter 41
42 – Chapter 42
43 – Chapter 43
44 – Chapter 44
45 – Chapter 45
46 – Chapter 46
47 – Chapter 47
48 – Chapter 48
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