Winter Evening Tales

by James Hogg

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748620869
• ISBN13: 9780748620869
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 648 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 5.4" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher