description: James Hogg wrote about the supernatural powerfully and convincingly, especially in his best-known novel, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, published in 1824. It has been called "the greatest of all Scottish novels."
language: English
title: The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
titlecomplete: The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
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: Konemann