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The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed in Boston.
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The Power of Sympathy
1789 American novel by William Hill Brown
The Power of Sympathy: or, The Triumph of Nature is a 1789 American sentimental novel written in epistolary form by William Hill Brown and is widely considered to be the first American novel. The Power of Sympathy was Brown's first novel. The characters' struggles illustrate the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
William Hill Brown
American novelist (1765–1793)
William Hill Brown was an American novelist, the author of what is usually considered the first American novel, The Power of Sympathy (1789), and "Harriot, or the Domestic Reconciliation", as well as the serial essay "The Reformer", published in Isaiah Thomas' Massachusetts…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Boston
Capital and largest city of Massachusetts, US
Boston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The city serves as the cultural and financial center of New England, a region of the Northeastern United States. It has an area of 48.4 sq mi (125 km2) and a population of 675,647 as of the 2020…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)