{"product_id":"the-private-memoirs-and-confessions-of-a-justified-sinner","title":"The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A sinister, funny, moving tale of demonic possession, murder and religious fanaticism\", Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJames Hogg's \u003cem\u003eThe Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner\u003c\/em\u003e is a Scottish classic, a quintessentially Gothic tale of psychological horror, and a relentless attack on Calvinist dogma. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRobert 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut who is Gil-Martin? And what does he truly desire? The Gothic double or doppelganger is nowhere more powerfully imagined than in \u003cem\u003eConfessions of a Justified Sinner\u003c\/em\u003e, once called 'the greatest novel of Scotland'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 1824, 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'. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A Scottish classic, a world classic\", Ian Rankin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"James Hogg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54510567981395,"sku":"9780141441535","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1071\/6997\/2563\/files\/9780141441535.jpg?v=1786381029","url":"https:\/\/www.vanitaspress.co.uk\/products\/the-private-memoirs-and-confessions-of-a-justified-sinner","provider":"Vanitas Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}