The Three Perils of Man is regarded as Hogg's most ambitious work of fiction. The book's extraordinary combination of the fantastic, the funny, the serious and the historically realistic must be unique in literature. The adventures of its characters, told with the author's characteristically bold si[...]
A TLS International Book of the Year (TLS, Dec 7, 2001) This now-famous book was given a hostile reception when it first appeared in 1824. It was not reprinted until the late 1830s, when a heavily bowdlerised version was included in a posthumous edition of Hogg's collected Tales and Sketches publish[...]
Robert is a difficult and disturbed young man. He comes from a troubled family background and turns to his Calvinist faith for solace but finds it hard to get along with other people, particularly his brother and his dissolute father. After he falls in with the mysterious and charming Gil-Martin his[...]
This is 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 ear[...]
Wringhim believes himself to be one of the elect, predestined for salvation and exempt from moral law, who embarks on a career as a murderer under the influence of a mysterious double. Hogg's terrifying masterpiece is presented in a new edition with an introduction that explores his remarkable caree[...]
The son of a radical Calvinist minister goes on a crime spree in 18th-century Scotland, attributing his misdeeds to the influence of a sinister companion who may not actually exist. Published anonymously in 1824, this gripping tale of murder, madness, and demonic possession explores religious fanati[...]
One of Hogg's longest and also one of his most original and daring works, presented here in a scholarly edition in light of the discovery of the original manuscript.[...]
Hogg's collected early poems and 'Letters on Poetry'