Robert is a difficult and disturbed young man. He turns to his Calvinist faith for solace but finds it hard to get along with other people. After he falls in with the mysterious and charming Gil-Martin, his actions become more and more extreme. He convinces himself that he is one of the chosen few and that, therefore, all his actions are right and good . . . even murder.

The Private Memoirs & Confessions of a Justified Sinner

Literature & Fiction

Hogg, James

Literary

Vintage Classics

Robert Colwan, a clergyman's son, is so confident of his salvation as one of the Lord's elect that he comes to look on himself as a man apart, unhindered by considerations of mere earthly law. Through Robert's own unforgettable account, we follow the strange and sinful life into which he is led by a devilish doppelganger - a life that will finally lead him to murder. Steeped in the folkloric superstitions and theological traditions of eighteenth-century Scotland, this macabre and haunting novel is a devastating portrayal of the stages by which the human spirit can descend into darkness.

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

Penguin Classics

The Penguin English Library Edition of The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by james Hogg 'He was constantly harassed with the idea, that the next time he lifted his eyes, he would to a certainty see that face, the most repulsive to all his feelings of aught the earth contained' A nightmarish tale of religious fanaticism and darkness, this chilling classic of the macabre tells the tale of Robert Wringhim, drawn in his moral confusion into committing the most monstrous acts by an evil doppelganger. James Hogg's masterpiece is as troublingly duplicitous as Wringhim himself, and was ignored and bowdlerized before becoming a hugely influential work of Scottish literature. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

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Classics

Penguin Classic

A new edition of the “greatest novel of Scotland” James Hogg's The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is a Scottish classic, a quintessentially Gothic tale of psychological horror, and a relentless attack on Calvinist dogma. The Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction and notes by Karl Miller. Robert Wringham's family is composed of a dissolute father and brother, a pious mother, and a rival father in the person of a fanatical Calvinist minister. He comes to believe that he is one of the elect, predestined to be saved, while others are damned. Sure of his freedom from the dictates of morality, he embarks on a series of crimes in the company of a new friend Gil-Martin, a man of many likenesses who can be mistaken for Robert, and who explains that they are as one in the holy work of purifying the world. But who is Gil-Martin? And what does he truly desire? The Gothic double or doppelganger is nowhere more powerfully imagined than in Confessions of a Justified Sinner, once called 'the greatest novel of Scotland'. This new edition has an introduction by Karl Miller, which discusses the presence of the novel in the life and times of James Hogg. It also contains two of Hogg's most interesting stories, 'Marion's Jock' and 'John Gray o' Middleholm'. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Penguin Classics)

Dramas & Plays

Written by himself, with a detail of curious traditionary facts and other evidence by the editor. Edited with an introduction by J. Carey . 8vo pp. XXXIII - 262 Rilegato tela, sovracoperta (cloth, dust jacket) Ottimo (Fine)

The private memoirs and confessions of a justified sinner,: Written by himself, with a detail of curious traditionary facts and other evidence by the editor; (Oxford English novels)

Oxford U.P.

262 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy. Set In Early Eighteenth Century Scotland, The Novel Recounts The Corruption Of A Boy Of Strict Calvinist Parentage By A Mysterious Stranger Under Whose Influence He Commits A Series Of Murders.

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (The ^AWorld's Classics)

British & Irish

Oxford University Press

Set in early eighteenth-century Scotland, the novel recounts the corruption of a boy of strict Calvinist parentage by a mysterious stranger under whose influence he commits a series of murders. The stranger assures the boy that no sin can affect the salvation of an elect person. The reader, while recognizing the stranger as Satan, is prevented by the subtlety of the novel's structure from finally deciding whether, for all his vividness and wit, he is more than a figment of the boy's imagination. This edition reprints the text of the unexpurgated first edition of 1824, later 'corrected' in an attempt to placate the Calvinists.

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Oxford World's Classics)

One of the supreme masterpieces of Romantic fiction and Scottish literature, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is a terrifying tale of murder and amorality, and of one man's descent into madness and despair. James Hogg's sardonic novel follows a young man who, falling under the spell of a mysterious stranger who bears an uncanny likeness to himself, embarks on a career as a serial murderer. The memoirs are presented by a narrator whose attempts to explain the story only succeed in intensifying its more baffling and bizarre aspects. Is the young man the victim of a psychotic delusion, or has he been tempted by the devil to wage war against God's enemies? The authoritative and lively introduction by Ian Duncan covers the full range of historical and religious themes and contexts, offers a richer and more accurate consideration of the novel's relation to Romantic fiction than found elsewhere, and sheds new light on the novel's treatment of fanaticism. Copious notes identify the novel's historical, biblical, theological, and literary allusions. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Religion & Spirituality

Set in early eighteenth-century Scotland, the novel recounts the corruption of a boy of strict Calvinist parentage by a mysterious stranger under whose influence he commits a series of murders. The stranger assures the boy that no sin can affect the salvation of an elect person. The reader, while recognizing the stranger as Satan, is prevented by the subtlety of the novel's structure from finally deciding whether, for all his vividness and wit, he is more than a figment of the boy's imagination. This edition reprints the text of the unexpurgated first edition of 1824, later 'corrected' in an attempt to placate the Calvinists.

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Little Ern: The authorised biography of Ernie Wise

Biographies & Memoirs

Sellers, Robert

Arts & Literature

Sidgwick Jackson Ltd

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The Private Memoirs & Confessions of a Justified Sinner

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

Penguin English Library Private Memoirs and Confessions of a J

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Penguin Classics)

The private memoirs and confessions of a justified sinner,: Written by himself, with a detail of curious traditionary facts and other evidence by the editor; (Oxford English novels)

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (The ^AWorld's Classics)

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Oxford World's Classics)

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Oxford World's Classics)

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Oxford World's Classics)

Little Ern: The authorised biography of Ernie Wise