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1799 novel by Charles Brockden Brown
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Join the roomOrmond; Or, The Secret Witness is a 1799 political and social novel by American writer Charles Brockden Brown. The novel focuses on the ways in which individuals change in reaction to their social environments. The novel follows a female protagonist Constantia and her relationship with the mysterious Ormond. The novel thoroughly explores Republicanism in the United States and the republican values common to the early American nation.