num_pages: 222
description: In eighteenth century Edinburgh, a devout young Calvinist, Robert Wringhim, meets an unearthly stranger who tells him that the elect are not bound by any moral law. Dogged at every turn by his "dreaded friend," Wringhim is set on a path leading to murder and self-destruction. Is the evil stranger Satan or a figment of his disintegrating mind?
language: English
title: The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
titlecomplete: The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Everyman's Library)
characters: Robert Wringhim
genres: Fiction, Religion, Gothic, Scotland, Horror, Literature, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 8488
places: Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
awards: awardedAt: -694281600000
name: Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger
category: Roman, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Times Literary Supplement
category: Book of the Year
publisher: Everymans Library