The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg
Set in Scotland at the beginning of the 18th century, the anti-hero, Robert Wringhim, commits a series of murders under the influence of a mysterious stranger. The novel is divided into three parts: a factual summary by the editor; Wringhim’s confession; and finally the subsequent discovery of Wringhim’s body and the shocking confessions buried with him. Hogg presents a powerful picture of evil in this controversial masterpiece of Scottish fiction.
The Master of Ballantrae by R. L. Stevenson
Two noble Scottish brothers deliberately take opposing sides in the Jacobite rising in order to preserve the family fortune. Stevenson’s historical adventure romance returns to his favourite theme – the struggle between good and evil, set against a beautiful Scottish landscape.
The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
Set in mid-19th century Ayrshire, the novel describes the struggles of John Gourlay against the scheming of the envious villagers, an ambitious competitor, and the arrival of the railway. Brown’s ‘truthful’ plot was welcomed as an antidote to the ‘Kailyard’ school of writing.
Set in Scotland at the beginning of the 18th century, the anti-hero, Robert Wringhim, commits a series of murders under the influence of a mysterious stranger. The novel is divided into three parts: a factual summary by the editor; Wringhim’s confession; and finally the subsequent discovery of Wringhim’s body and the shocking confessions buried with him. Hogg presents a powerful picture of evil in this controversial masterpiece of Scottish fiction.
The Master of Ballantrae by R. L. Stevenson
Two noble Scottish brothers deliberately take opposing sides in the Jacobite rising in order to preserve the family fortune. Stevenson’s historical adventure romance returns to his favourite theme – the struggle between good and evil, set against a beautiful Scottish landscape.
The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
Set in mid-19th century Ayrshire, the novel describes the struggles of John Gourlay against the scheming of the envious villagers, an ambitious competitor, and the arrival of the railway. Brown’s ‘truthful’ plot was welcomed as an antidote to the ‘Kailyard’ school of writing.
