Confessions Of A Justified Sinner by James Hogg

Confessions Of A Justified Sinner by James Hogg

An account of a man haunted by the Devil in the form of his own evil double. Hogg's 1824 novel, set in 17th century Scotland, anticipates Dostoevsky's great dramas of sin, self-accusation and damnation by half a century.

A good book stays with you; it becomes part of you as you perpetually ponder its mysteries whilst it lingers on your mindThis book will always haunt me because I will never have a conclusive answer as to what it is actually about. Hogg has created a story that is bizarre, intriguing and rather mystifying. As a result, it is completely excellent. * Goodreads *
Teasingly brilliant... prefigures some of postmodernism's best trickery.... An entertaining ride with the devil. * The Guardian *

James Hogg was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in Scots and English. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading. He was a friend of many of the great writers of his day, including Sir Walter Scott, of whom he later wrote an unauthorized biography. He became widely known as the "Ettrick Shepherd", a nickname under which some of his works were published, and the character name he was given in the widely read series 'Noctes Ambrosianae', published in Blackwood's Magazine. He is best known today for his novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. His other works include the long poem The Queen's Wake, his collection of songs Jacobite Reliques, and the novels The Three Perils of Man, The Three Perils of Woman, and The Brownie of Bodsbeck.

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ISBN 13	9781857151268
ISBN 10	1857151267
Title	Confessions Of A Justified Sinner
Author	James Hogg
Series	Everyman's Library Classics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Everyman
Year published	1992-11-26
Number of pages	216
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