Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist Characters

Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist by Charles Brockden Brown

Wieland is the story of the unfortunate Clara Wieland in the period just before the American Revolutionary War. It is an early work of American Gothic horror, chronicling Clara's struggles while enmeshed in a web of murders relating back to her dead father's mania and his strange self-created religion. Clara, helped by the mysterious vocalist Carwin, endeavors to find the murderer and put a stop to the series of brutal killings.

Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist Characters

Clara Wieland is the narrator of the story, and the sister of Theodore Wieland. She is an intellectual, and has strong character. She is secretly in love with Henry Pleyel.
Theodore Wieland hears disembodied voices, and believes these voices tell him to kill his family. He is not as strong as his sister, Clara, which makes him fall prey to the voices and go insane.
Catharine Wieland is Theodore's wife, and childhood friend of Clara.
Henry Pleyel is Catharine's brother, and Clara's friend. He is incredibly practical, and continually attempts to understand the mysterious voices empirically.
Carwin is a mysterious stranger who appears at the Wielands' house. He is a biloquist— he can speak in two different voices — and the source of many of the disembodied voices heard by Theodore. Carwin is generally thought to be the villain of Wieland , though he claims he never told Theodore to kill anyone, a claim supported by Theodore's repeated behavior in Clara's presence where he stands "for a minute as if listening" and acts as if he has heard commands.

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Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist Study Guide

Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist by Charles Brockden Brown