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Set in early eighteenth-century Scotland, the novel recounts the corruption of a boy of strict Calvinist parentage by a mysterious stranger under whose influence he commits a series of murders. The stranger assures the boy that no sin can affect the salvation of an elect person. The reader,... read more
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It appears from tradition, as well assome parish registers still extant, that the lands of Dalcastle (or Dalchastel, as it is often spelled) were posessed by a family of the name of Colwan, about one hundred and fifty years ago, and for at least a century previous to that period.
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This is book 10 of 200 in Newman and Jones 200 Best Horror Novels. (community list)
Preceded by Melmoth the Wanderer, and followed by Tales of Mystery & Imagination.
This book is in Penguin Classics. (edition-based publisher list)
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This is book 926 of 1272 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Last of the Mohicans, and followed by The Albigenses.
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- James Hogg (Author)
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- Dewey: 823.7
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