▁done . ▁ ▁Clara ▁ref uses ▁to ▁leave ▁her ▁house , ▁until ▁it ▁burn s ▁down ▁one ▁day . ▁She ▁then ▁goes ▁to ▁Europe ▁with ▁her ▁uncle , ▁and ▁eventually ▁mar ries ▁P ley el . ▁Clara ▁feels ▁she ▁has ▁finally ▁recovered ▁from ▁the ▁trag ic ▁events , ▁enough ▁to ▁write ▁them ▁down . ▁As ▁for ▁Car win , ▁he ▁has ▁become ▁a ▁far mer ▁in ▁the ▁coun tr ys ide . ▁ ▁Appar ently ▁the ▁novel ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁true ▁story ▁of ▁mur ders ▁which ▁took ▁place ▁at ▁Tom h ann ock , ▁New ▁York ▁( a ▁ham let ▁near ▁Pitt st own ) ▁in ▁ 1 7 8 1 . ▁Mir ror ing ▁the ▁inc idents ▁of ▁the ▁later ▁novel , ▁one ▁James ▁Y ates , ▁under ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁a ▁religious ▁del usion , ▁killed ▁his ▁wife ▁and ▁four ▁children , ▁then ▁attempted ▁to ▁kill ▁his ▁sister , ▁and ▁expressed ▁no ▁rem or se ▁for ▁his ▁conduct ▁in ▁court ▁later . ▁ ▁Brown ▁gave ▁his ▁trag ic ▁hero ▁a ▁pedig ree ▁related ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁actual ▁German ▁author ▁Christoph ▁Martin ▁Wiel and , ▁who ▁is ▁mentioned ▁ob liqu ely ▁in ▁the ▁text : ▁ ▁This ▁and ▁others ▁of ▁Charles ▁Bro ck den ▁Brown ' s ▁nov els ▁were ▁very ▁influ ential ▁in ▁the ▁later ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁Goth ic ▁genre ▁by ▁such ▁writers ▁as ▁Ed gar ▁All an ▁Po e , ▁Mary ▁Sh elle y , ▁and ▁most ▁especially , ▁George ▁Li pp ard . ▁ ▁Major ▁them