On June 1824, publication of The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. Published anonymously, James Hogg’s Gothic-psychological-metafictional novel sells poorly. Image: “James Hogg – The Ettrick Shepherd” by Charles Rogers. Lithographed from an original Portrait in the possession of his widow by Schenck & McFarlane, Edinburgh. From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volumes I-VI. This image is in the public domain in the United States because its copyright has expired.
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