Ameerika kirjandus alates I maailmasõjast kuni tänapäevani.
Washingtons assistants. Charles Schyler-Burr's biographer, law student, journalist.
Washington is mentioned and Washington Irving, advises Schyler. Novel begins in the middle
of the action 1833-announcing the marriage of Burr, who was then 77, to woman of 58. The
narrator is very ironical. We learn that the author of this piece of news is Charles Schyler, he
is the narrator of the novel, he is studying law under Burr. His narrative is to solve some of the
confusion surrounding Burrs contraversial career. But as the novel progresses we have more
and more reason to believe that Schyler isn't totally honest to the reader. This is one of the
features of the historical novel. Burr's life is not presented in chronological order. Three
presidential administrations are presented and there are 21 autobiographical sections that
present Burr's life story. Although Burr remains controversial figure in American history,
Schyler finds him admirable
annaabi.ee 
