In this paper, Leeb discussed a common "yarn" that presented itself in Young Goodman Brown, The Man that Corrupted Hadleyberg, Monster, and The Devil and Daniel Webster. ... He started his journey as a sane, pious man but was eventually corrupted by the devil and the horrible truths he was forced to face. ... His short story "The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg" showed his ability to expose the negativity of human frailty, but at the same time make it funny. In "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg", people who claim they are innocents are put to the test when a stranger gets into the smug regi...

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