Claim first US book had Welsh author

The first American novel was penned by a Welshman, according to a new book. Breverton, 61, added, “The Power of Sympathy was written and published in 1789 and it was not a novel as anybody would recognise it today. “It’s what they call an epistolary novel – it’s a series of letters, like Dear John letters in The Sun. “It’s nothing to do with the novel form as we recognise it. “It’s definite that The Journal was the first American novel. There is no other contender for it.”

January 18, 2008 by Uncategorized 1

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  1. Walt says:
    January 18, 2008 at 10:15 pm

    Book not equal novel
    It may have been the first American novel. That’s highly unlikely to make it the first American book (which would probably have been either a Bible or a book of prayer or common services).

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