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Readers who love Gothic mansions, storms and ghostly nights will find them here. So will anyone drawn to early American fiction, Revolutionary War settings and tender romance.
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Would you stay alone in a stone mansion with a moat, a drawbridge and a locked gate, every key in your own hands? Melissa does, and the house fills with whispers, a cold hand on her arm and a bleeding ghost. Her own father has sent her there to make her break a promise of the heart.
Alonzo and Melissa is a Gothic tale of love and duty set in Connecticut during the American Revolution. It appears under the names of I. Mitchell and Daniel Jackson. You get the whole story in order, from a moonlit walk by the sea to a London prison, told by a narrator who speaks straight to you.
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- 1Two friends and a girl by the seaFree
- 2Melissa must choose between two suitors
- 3War and ruin end a happy plan
- 4A father demands money over love
- 5Melissa is sent to a lonely mansion
- 6Strange nights and a storm bring them together
- 7A search ends with a death notice
- 8Exile abroad brings prison and strange friends
- 9Duty, feeling and Providence pull against each other
- 10The narrator, the scenery and the Gothic tricks
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Two friends and a girl by the sea
The story opens during the Revolution with two Yale graduates from Connecticut, Edgar and Alonzo. A fall from a horse keeps Edgar from escorting his sister home from New London, so Alonzo goes in his place. That small accident sets everything in motion.
Edgar's sister Melissa is about sixteen, gentle and thoughtful. At a wedding ball she is partnered by Beauman, a fashionable young man who is popular with the ladies. Alonzo is twenty-one, with a romantic temper and a deep love of nature. Without a word said, the two young men are rivals.
One warm June evening Melissa and Alonzo walk to a large rock by the harbor. The moon shines on the water and a whippoorwill sings in the groves. Melissa says that sitting there alone she has felt more pleasure than in the grandest ballroom. Alonzo takes it as a sign that her feelings match his own.
First love here grows quietly out of shared scenery, and doubt grows right beside it.
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- LengthAbout 60,700 words
- Reading timeAbout 4 h 15 min
Questions about Alonzo et Melissa, ou le Père insensible
What is Alonzo and Melissa about?
It tells of a young Connecticut couple during the American Revolution. A stern father, a rival suitor and a fortune lost to war try to part them, and the story follows their search for each other.
Is Alonzo and Melissa a true story?
No. It is a work of fiction, though the narrator insists he is recounting facts. It uses real events such as Lexington, Bunker Hill and Dr. Franklin's service in Paris as its setting.
When was Alonzo and Melissa written?
It was written in the early nineteenth century about events in the 1770s. It carries two names, I. Mitchell and Daniel Jackson, and Mitchell died in 1812.
Is Alonzo and Melissa a Gothic novel?
Yes, in part. It has a moated mansion with a drawbridge, a haunted chamber, a bloody ghost and storms. These sit alongside a sentimental love story and a patriotic frame.
What is the main message of Alonzo and Melissa?
The preface says that firm trust in Providence is the only comfort in hard times and is generally rewarded. The story tests that idea with love, duty and money pulling against each other.
Cite this edition
Mitchell, I., and Daniel Jackson. Alonzo and Melissa; Or, the Unfeeling Father. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/alonzo-and-melissa-or-the-unfeeling-father.
Mitchell, I., & Jackson, D. (2026). Alonzo and Melissa; or, the unfeeling father. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/alonzo-and-melissa-or-the-unfeeling-father (Original work published 1811)
Mitchell, I., and Daniel Jackson. Alonzo and Melissa; Or, the Unfeeling Father. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/alonzo-and-melissa-or-the-unfeeling-father.
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