The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner - Brossura

Hogg, James

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0140431985 ISBN 13: 9780140431988

Casa editrice: Penguin Classics, 1983

Riassunto

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 doppelgänger - 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.

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L'autore:

James Hogg (1770 - 1835) was a shepherd, who taught himself t write. in 1810 he moved to Edinburgh and began to combine farming with writing after he was granted a farm in Yarrow.
John Wain lectured in English at the University of Reading before become a full-time writer. He received both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Heinemann Award. He was awarded the CBE in 1984 and died in 1994.

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• Editore: Penguin Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0140431985
• ISBN 13: 9780140431988
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256
• Redattore: Wain John