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  • The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

    by James Hogg ...
    Series series Canons
    It is Scotland in the early eighteenth century. Fear and superstition grip the land. Robert Wringhim, a boy of strict Calvinist upbringing, is corrupted by a shadowy figure who calls himself Gil-Martin. Under his influence Robert commits a series of murders which he regards as 'justified' by God under the tenets of his faith.Hogg's masterpiece is a brilliant portrayal of the power of evil and a ... Read more

    $14.29 CAD

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  • Complete Works of Robert Burns (Delphi Classics)

    by Robert Burns, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Book 25 - Delphi Poets Series
    The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents the complete works of Scotland’s favourite son Robert Burns, with beautiful illustrations, superior indexing and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Burns’ life and works* Concise introduction to Burns and his poetry ... Read more

    $2.73 CAD

  • The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

    by James Hogg ...
    The plot concerns Robert Wringhim, a staunch Calvinist who believes he is guaranteed Salvation and justified in killing those he believes are already damned by God. The novel has been classified among many genres, including gothic novel, psychological mystery, metafiction, satire and study of totalitarian thought, it can also be thought of as an early example of modern crime fiction in which the ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Ragged Lion

    A Novel

    by Allan Massie ...
    From the author of Caesar and The Sins of the Father, a fictional memoir of the celebrated Scottish Romantic writer and historical novelist.Allan Massie recreates the life and times of Sir Walter Scott, one of Scotland's greatest writers, convincingly capturing Scott's humor, stoicism and eccentricity. Combining imaginative plausibility with his own deep knowledge of and love for Scott's work, ... Read more

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  • The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

    by James Hogg ...
    'A Scottish classic, a world classic' Ian Rankin, ObserverRobert 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 actions become more and more extreme. He ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • Life of Robert Burns

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    by Thomas Carlyle ...
    This volume opens with a brief life of Robert Burns and Thomas Carlyle's celebrated spiritual portrait of Scotland's national poet, presenting him as a figure of heroic genius whose inner life matters as much as his public fame. From his birth in humble rural Ayrshire to the shaping influence of his disciplined father, song-filled mother, early reading, farm labor, and first compositions, Burns ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • The Redgauntlet

    by Walter Sir Scott ...
    The Jacobite enthusiasm of the eighteenth century, particularly during the rebellion of 1745, afforded a theme, perhaps the finest that could be selected for fictitious composition, founded upon real or probable incident. This civil war and its remarkable events were remembered by the existing generation without any degree of the bitterness of spirit which seldom fails to attend internal ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • Knowing the Heart of God

    by George MacDonald ...
    The editor of Discovering the Character of God presents further devotional selections from the poetry, sermons, and stories of George Macdonald.One of the nineteenth-century's greatest thinkers, George MacDonald has inspired generations with his fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Now his words of wisdom are available in a series of devotionals compiled and edited by MacDonald scholar and biographer, ... Read more

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  • Redgauntlet

    by Walter Scott ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'Far and wide was [Redgauntlet] hated and feared. Men thought he had a direct compact with Satan - that he was proof against steel -.' Set in the summer of 1765, Redgauntlet centres around a third, fictitious, Jacobite rebellion. Kidnapped by Edward Hugh Redgauntlet, a fanatical supporter of the Stewart cause, the young Darsie Latimer finds himself caught up in the plot to enthrone the exiled ... Read more

    $8.09 CAD

  • The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

    by James Hogg ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'We have heard much of the rage of fanaticism in former days, but nothing to this' A wretched young man, 'an outcast in the world', tells the story of his upbringing by a heretical Calvinist minister who leads him to believe that he is one of the elect, predestined for salvation and thus above the moral law. Falling under the spell of a mysterious stranger who bears an uncanny likeness to himself, ... Read more

    $5.89 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Robert Burns

    Enriched edition. Exploring the Legacy of Scotland's National Poet

    by Gabriel Setoun, Alexis Newton ...
    In "Robert Burns," Gabriel Setoun offers a meticulous exploration of the life and work of Scotland's beloved bard, illuminating the poet's profound impact on the literary landscape of the 18th century. Setoun employs a lyrical prose style, weaving together critical analysis and biographical anecdotes that enhance the reader's understanding of Burns' cultural significance and the socio-political ... Read more

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  • The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family

    by John Galt ...
    On New Year’s day Dr. Pringle received a letter from India, informing him that his cousin, Colonel Armour, had died at Hydrabad, and left him his residuary legatee. The same post brought other letters on the same subject from the agent of the deceased in London, by which it was evident to the whole family that no time should be lost in looking after their interests in the hands of such brief and ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD