Winter Evening Tales

Collected Among the Cottagers in the South of Scotland

By James Hogg

1820

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The Collected Works of James Hogg

Series · 1 book

By James Hogg

Winter Evening Tales (1820; second edition 1821) was James Hogg's most successful work of prose fiction in his lifetime. Its experimental medley of novellas, tales, poems and sketches posed a lively alternative to the dominant form of the historical novel established by Walter Scott. The collection includes terse masterpieces of mystery and the uncanny, virtuoso improvisations on folktale themes, and two brilliant autobiographical novellas, The Renowned Adventures of Basil Lee and Love Adventures of Mr George Cochrane. This edition takes account of newly-discovered information about An Old Soldier's Tale and The Long Pack. A critical introduction, explanatory notes, reading list and Hogg chronology are provided to assist the reader in appreciating Hogg's entertaining and challenging tale collection to the full. Contents The Renowned Adventures of Basil Lee • short story by James Hogg Dreadful Story of Macpherson • short fiction by James Hogg John Gray of Middleholm • [Country Dreams and Apparitions • 1] • short fiction by James Hogg Adam Bell • short story by James Hogg Duncan Campbell • novelette by James Hogg An Old Soldier's Tale • short story by James Hogg Highland Adventures • short fiction by James Hogg Halbert of Lyne • short fiction by James Hogg The Long Pack • (1817) • short story by James Hogg A Peasant's Funeral • short story by James Hogg Story of Two Highlanders • short story by James Hogg Maria's Tale • short fiction by James Hogg Singular Dream • short fiction by James Hogg Love Adventures of Mr. George Cochrane • short fiction by James Hogg Cousin Mattie • [Country Dreams and Apparitions • 4] • short story by James Hogg Welldean Hall • [Country Dreams and Apparitions • 5] • novella by James Hogg The Wife of Lochmaben • [Country Dreams and Apparitions • 3] • short story by James Hogg Tibby Johnston's Wraith • [Country Dreams and Apparitions • 6] • short story by James Hogg The Bridal of Polmood • novella by James Hogg King Gregory • short fiction by James Hogg The Shepherd's Calendar • short fiction by James Hogg Connel of Dee • [Country Dreams and Apparitions • 2] • short fiction by James Hogg

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Author

James Hogg

Author · 9 books

James Hogg was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in Scots and English. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading. He was a friend of many of the great writers of his day, including Sir Walter Scott, of whom he later wrote an unauthorized biography. He became widely known as the "Ettrick Shepherd", a nickname under which some of his works were published, and the character name he was given in the widely read series 'Noctes Ambrosianae', published in Blackwood's Magazine. He is best known today for his novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. His other works include the long poem The Queen's Wake, his collection of songs Jacobite Reliques, and the novels The Three Perils of Man, The Three Perils of Woman, and The Brownie of Bodsbeck.