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Rachel Dyer

a North American story

by John Neal

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Fiction
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"Rachel Dyer: A North American Story" by John Neal is a Gothic historical novel published in 1828. Set during the Salem witch trials, it follows the fictionalized minister George Burroughs and the invented character Rachel Dyer as they confront mounting hysteria and false accusations of witchcraft. With most of the story unfolding in the courtroom, the novel tracks multiple trials of alleged witches, exploring themes of justice, republican ideals, and the collision between Old World authority and New World freedom. This pioneering work became the first bound novel about Salem's dark chapter. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical and project-gutenberg matched “Witchcraft” and “witchcraft”. Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the description, “witches” in the description, and “Witchcraft” in the subject metadata.

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    • “witchcraft”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “Witchcraft”· in description
    • “witches”· in description
    • “Witchcraft”· in subject

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a North American story

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1828Shirley and HydeEnglish—Public

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2023-09-30Project GutenbergEnglish—Public domain (USA)

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openlibrary-work:OL1191103W
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