{"product_id":"2026100009319-secondhand-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","title":"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","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1824, James Hogg's masterwork of psychological terror and theological dread presents the chilling confession of Robert Wringhim, a fanatical Scottish Calvinist who, convinced of his own divine election and absolution from sin, embarks on a murderous path guided by a sinister and enigmatic stranger — a figure whose true nature grows ever more terrifyingly ambiguous. Set against the brooding, storm-laden landscapes of early 18th-century Scotland, the novel chronicles the unravelling of a man whose iron-clad religious certainty becomes the very instrument of his damnation, rendered through a brilliantly fragmented dual narrative that forces the reader to question every truth they are told.\n\nHogg's genius lies in his subversive manipulation of the unreliable narrator — a technique that anticipates the great modernist experiments of the 20th century by nearly a hundred years — weaving together themes of predestination, diabolism, and the terrifying elasticity of self-justification. This Oxford University Press edition, edited and introduced by the distinguished scholar John Carey, illuminates the novel's rich satirical assault on religious extremism and its status as a foundational text of Scottish Gothic literature. Hovering perpetually between psychological realism and outright supernatural horror, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner remains one of the most unsettling and intellectually provocative novels ever written — and its final, devastating ambiguity will haunt you long after the last page is turned.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49216194379995,"sku":"2026100009319-SECONDHAND","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/6f6e5c00-0dec-49d6-9630-b4802de526cd.png?v=1788405014","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009319-secondhand-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","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}