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What does /lit/ think of this hidden gem?

>> No.11680238

>>11680223
>One of the supreme masterpieces of Romantic fiction and Scottish literature, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is a terrifying tale of murder and amorality, and of one man's descent into madness and despair. James Hogg's sardonic novel follows a young man who, falling under the spell of a mysterious stranger who bears an uncanny likeness to himself, embarks on a career as a serial murderer. The memoirs are presented by a narrator whose attempts to explain the story only succeed in intensifying its more baffling and bizarre aspects. Is the young man the victim of a psychotic delusion, or has he been tempted by the devil to wage war against God's enemies?

>> No.11681076
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11681076

what did he mean by this? where the fuck do I get the 'original' edition? is the prose good?

>> No.11681099

>>11680223
It was a really good work. I especially liked the bit with the weaver's dream near the end. It was so Gothic it was essentially medieval in its execution.

>> No.11681541

>>11680223
>OWC
>hidden gem

>> No.11681547

>>11680223
Bad cover design, if you see it from across the room you'll think it's either a Blake collection or something Hannibal Lecter related

>> No.11681562

>>11681547
it's called good marketing

>> No.11681574

>>11680223
I was supposed to read it for a British lit class but I only got like halfway through it since I got bored. It was alright I guess.

>> No.11681594

>>11681547
I would think of Blake but not of Hannibal Lecter. It's a pretty damn good cover.

>> No.11681613

>>11681076
Goddammit, why are editora such faggots? As if getting the book and reading it wasnt hard enough, now I should be concerned about the different "editions". Fuck all.

>> No.11682149

>>11681574
Even the folks at Goodreads are calling it addicting. Maybe you're just a pleb.

>> No.11682491

>>11681541
Did you know about it?

>> No.11682617
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>>11681076
I dont know, but apparently something happened to the original one.

>> No.11682669
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>>11682617
>>11681076
Just what the fuck is going on with this book!

>> No.11682676
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>>11682617
>>11681076

>> No.11682703

>>11680223
Really like that one.z i feel like there's always a true devil-initiation in faustian books like this one, if you can only read close enough.

>> No.11682714

>>11681547
Considering he was a contemporary of Blake and that confessions were a popular genre during the Romantic period, it isn't totally unjust

>> No.11682721

>>11681076
Was it autism?

https://youtu.be/AmvRrSnVCzc

>> No.11682761

this book is cursed, don't read it.

>> No.11683329

>>11682761
look what you did now i gotta read it

>> No.11683363

>>11682669
what ed is this from

>> No.11683412

>>11682676
A quarter of an hour = 15. Page 183 = 18-3=15. Fuck.

>> No.11683427

>>11683363
https://www.amazon.com/Private-Confessions-Justified-Afterword-Revealing/dp/0990307581/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&qid=1535254241&sr=8-22&keywords=the+private+memoirs+and+confessions+of+a+justified+sinner

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>>11682721
>>11682676
>>11682669
>>11682617
>>11681613
>shilling this hard
we get it, there's numbers in it. it's cool.

>> No.11685367

>>11680223
>buy a book with blake painting on the cover
>not blake
i'd ask for a refund desu

>> No.11685379

>>11682721

https://youtu.be/eYSBfbjCvAA?t=40

>> No.11685387

>>11680223
>"Tell me, what are you becoming?"
THE GREAT RED DRAGON

>> No.11685558

>>11685367
You're a retard if you blindly buy shit without seeing the title.

>> No.11686308

>>11685379
kek

>> No.11687178

>>11680223
Surprisingly relevant to addiction in the modern day. Very immersive reading.

>> No.11687535

>>11681541
Can you give a good hidden gem suggestion? Actually curious