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The Three Perils of Woman
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The Three Perils of Woman Hardcover - 1994

by James Hogg; Colin Groves (Editor); Antony J. Hasler (Editor)


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"I FEAR I am in love," said Gatty Bell, as she first awakened in her solitary bed in the garret room of her father's farm-house.

From the rear cover

The Three Perils of Woman is essentially a combination of two stories on similar themes, one set in the Highlands following the Battle of Culloden and the other in Hogg's Edinburgh. Daring in its narrative technique, its first readers were confused by the novel's juxtaposition of the comic and the horrific as Hogg explored the relationship between fictional life, as portrayed in, say, the works of Walter Scott, and the realities of nineteenth-century Scotland. Daring in its subject matter, they were also shocked by its treatment of such delicate matters as prostitution and venereal disease. Last printed in any form in the 1820s, this new edition reveals the exceptional quality of The Three Perils of Woman and puts it squarely back into the mainstream of Scottish literature.

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  • Title The Three Perils of Woman
  • Author James Hogg; Colin Groves (Editor); Antony J. Hasler (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 512
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh
  • Date April 15, 1994
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9780748604777 / 0748604774
  • Weight 1.8 lbs (0.82 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.6 in (23.62 x 16.00 x 4.06 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 94197350
  • Dewey Decimal Code 821.7

About the author

James Hogg was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both Scots and English. He is best known for his novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner.

Antony J. Hasler is a Professor in English at Saint Louis University.

The late Douglas S. Mack was formerly Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Stirling.

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