Unknown Author , San Francisco Evening Bulletin , 1885 . This comment shows that one of the most critical points in the review for these critics of the 19th Century was the moral standing of these characters . I find this amusing since we had been reading about amoral characters in American lit for a long time . Like Poe 's main character in "The Cask of Amontillado , who ended up murdering his friend and in Irving 's "Rip Van Winkle , The main character was...











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