Ormond; or, the Secret Witness

Ormond; Or, The Secret Witness is a 1799 political and social novel by American writer Charles Brockden Brown. The novel thematically 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, who is also the title character.^[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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