Private Memoirs of a Justified Sinner (Konemann Classics)
by Hogg, James
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- as new
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 3829030096
- ISBN 13
- 9783829030090
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About This Item
Germany: Konemann, 2000. Hardcover. As New/As New. 12mo - over 6? - 7?" tall. Type: Hardback Konemann, Koln, Germany, 2000. Small Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. Sewn binding. Blue cloth over boards. Very clean, unmarked, tight & solid volume. Set in 18th century Scotland in the years immediately before and after the Act of Union, 1707, this book tells a tale of two different aspects of a disillusioned Calvinist young man who is vulnerable and open to temptation by a diabolic stranger He commits heinous crimes that he "justifies". Hogg's study of tormented duality and unconscious kinship anticipates work by Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville, and Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde". 256 pages with Glossary and Notes. 4.75 x 6.75 inches. 2000, Konemann, Koln, Germany.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027789
- Title
- Private Memoirs of a Justified Sinner (Konemann Classics)
- Author
- Hogg, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 3829030096
- ISBN 13
- 9783829030090
- Publisher
- Konemann
- Place of Publication
- Germany
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 12mo - over 6? - 7?" tall
- Keywords
- SCOTLAND, 18TH CENTURY; SCOTLAND, ACT OF UNION (1707); CALVINISM;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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