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title: "The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner Paperback – January 24, 2012"
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# The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner Paperback – January 24, 2012

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## Customer Reviews

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*by W***D on Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2014*

_"I said I was a poor student of theology, on my way to Oxford. They stared at one another with expressions of wonder, disappointment, and fear. I afterwards came to learn that the term theology was by them quite misunderstood, and that they had some crude conceptions that nothing was taught at Oxford but the black arts, which ridiculous idea prevailed over all the south of Scotland."_Apparently the author, James Hogg, was just a poor Scottish shepherd in the late 18th C who taught himself how to read and right, hobnobbed with the likes of Sir Walter Scott and Wordsworth, wrote this rather mind-boggling critique of Calvinism and predestination for which he got in a bit of trouble, and accidentally fell through the ice while curling, which eventually killed him. A meta-James Hogg also appears briefly at the end of this novel in the form of a homely shepherd who gamely dodges requests to help one of the many narrators dig up a body.Despite the heavy religious allegory/parable (or is this just a ghost story?) this was a surprisingly entertaining read--and certainly easier to read than Sir Walter Scott. The main story-in-a-story revolves around a young man persuaded by an angel/demon/hallucination/ghost/alter-ego to commit murder of "enemies of heaven" on the grounds that he is predestined by God to go to heaven, therefore nothing he does in life can change where he ends up in the afterlife. Of course, if some heavenly being flatters you with tales like this, how do you know they are really from where they say they are from? And what if you're just going mad?Unlikely as it may seem given the subject matter, Hogg never strays too far from snarky underhanded narration and touches of slapstick. One of the more hilarious scenes (which still manages to wring empathy from the reader) involves the titular Sinner tangled like a fly in a vitriolic weaver's loom. The opening, in which a pious young woman is wed to a wastrel nobleman, is also comedically tragic, and doesn't seem to carry the usual moral message we might expect from something written at the time. As a self-taught country man, the author brings skepticism to excess money, power, self-righteousness, and also to narrow-minded superstition.

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    If you want to meet the devil, this book is a must read
  

*by F***R on Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2015*

This book gave me a hard time. The first third of the book was fascinating, the rest seemed like a never ending story. Read it, by all means. The plot is serious and thought-provoking, especially if you believe in the devil and in hell. Thinking about it, I'll give this book four stars, not just two, as initially intended. The devil is really, really well portrayed. A hell of a good devil. Seriously!

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    Well Written, Stomach Churning Story
  

*by I***C on Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2013*

I've tried twice to finish James Hogg's "The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner."  But, I just can't do it.  Technically, it's well-written (especially for a book first published in 1824 by someone who started life as a poor, self-educated shepherd).  In fact, the only technical complaint I have about it is that in some of the dialog, Hogg uses a very heavy old Scots dialect that's fairly difficult to follow.  My real problem with it, though, is that the story he describes is just so darn nasty that I can't get through it.  Even though I can't tolerate the book, I'm adding a star for the author's technical ability.  I rate it at a Not Very Good 2 stars out of 5.  However, since this book is in the public domain and free, I do recommend you download it and give it a try.  If you're made of sterner stuff than I am, you'll probably like it.

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