Author(s): Hogg, James
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: NA0081
Barcode: 9781843795766
Release Date: 01/2012

HOGG, J.: Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (The) (Unabridged)

Tracklist

Disc 1
Hogg, James - Author
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
1The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner Read by Nicholas McArdle07:14
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
2It was customary, in those days, for the bride's-man and maiden…07:43
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
3He sprung up and opened the casement: the day-light…06:39
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
4Lady Dalcastle got plenty of time to read, and pray…06:04
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
5The minister was struck dumb. He leaned him back on his chair…07:23
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
6Wringhim heard all this without flinching. He now and then twisted…06:37
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
7Such were the tenets in which it would appear young Robert was bred.06:51
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
8The very next time that George was engaged at tennis…05:28
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
9When the game was fairly given up, and the party were washing…07:09
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
10The landlord, therefore, had no sooner given them…06:36
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
11For a long time the court was completely puzzled.05:37
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
12The next day George and his companions met as usual…04:56
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
Disc 2
1George found it every day more and more necessary to adhere…07:06
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
2George was, from infancy, of a stirring active disposition…07:02
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
3George conceived it to be a spirit. He could conceive it to be…06:39
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
4At these words, Wringhim uttered a hollow exulting laugh…06:58
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
5We cannot enter into the detail of the events that now occurred…05:42
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
6The day arrived – the party of young noblemen and gentlemen met…06:44
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
7All the young gentlemen of the party were examined…06:05
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
8Miss Logan had never lost the thought of her late master's prediction…05:51
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
9'I am deeply indebted to you for this timely visit, Mrs. Logan,' said she.08:09
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
10Mrs. Logan was now greatly confounded, and after proffering in vain…04:58
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
11The maid was first called; and, when she came into the witness box…07:09
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
12The Judge: 'This is the most singular perversion I have ever witnessed…'06:52
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
Disc 3
1'I beckoned him to follow me, which he did without further ceremony…'05:06
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
2'Yet, mark me again; for, of all things I have ever seen, this was…'06:26
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
3'I roused up my drowsy companion, who was leaning on the bed…'05:36
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
4Why did the man not pursue the foul murderers?05:07
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
5Mrs. Logan ran to the window, and, behold, there was indeed…05:47
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
6Mrs. Calvert turned the latter gently and civilly out of the apartment…07:57
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
7They walked a little way out of hearing, but went not out of sight…05:37
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
8'I never in my life saw any human being,' said Mrs. Calvert…07:15
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
9The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Sinner written by himself Read by Peter Kenny06:11
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
10About this time, and for a long period afterwards…05:18
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
11My heart was greatly cheered by this remark; and I sighed very deeply…08:02
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
12John pulled out the keys, and dashed them on the gravel.05:17
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
13This boy, whose name was M'Gill, was, at all his leisure hours…05:41
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
Disc 4
1My arm was again enfeebled, and that of my adversary prevailed.07:15
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
2I wept for joy to be thus assured of my freedom from all sin…06:12
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
3We moved about from one place to another, until the day…06:27
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
4The next day was with me a day of holy exultation.07:09
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
5I confess that I was greatly flattered by these compliments…05:51
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
6Having been so frequently seen in his company, several people…07:18
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
7I was rather stunned at this; but pretended to smile with disdain…05:38
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
8But the most singular instance of this wonderful man's power…07:06
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
9I looked again up into the cloudy veil that covered us…06:49
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
10I had become rigid as a statue, whereas my associate appeared…05:23
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
11It so happened that my reverend father was called to Edinburgh…07:23
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
12I prayed very much in secret about this time, and that with great…06:47
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
Disc 5
1The man apparently thought I was deranged in my intellect.06:40
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
2Who can doubt, from this statement, that I was bewitched…07:24
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
3These were all the words that she uttered, as far as I could ever…06:25
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
4I soon came close upon my brother, sitting on the dizzy pinnacle…07:06
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
5It was some days before he mentioned my brother's meditated…07:29
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
6His lip curled with a smile of contempt, which I could hardly brook…07:09
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
7He enjoyed our success mightily; and for his sake I enjoyed it…07:47
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
8'It is a manifest falsehood!' said I. 'I have never, since I entered…'07:42
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
9I was again going to disclaim all interest or connection in the matter…06:10
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
10In this state of irritation and misery was I dragging on an existence…06:09
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
11I took a cup of wine and water; put on my black clothes and walked out.04:57
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
12I can in nowise describe the effect this appalling speech had on me.04:15
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
Disc 6
1'Asseveration will avail you but little,' answered he, composedly.04:24
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
2So miserable was my life rendered by these continued attacks…05:34
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
3I confess, to my shame, that I was so overcome by this jumble…05:59
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
4The next day the congregation met in the kirk of Auchtermuchty…07:15
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
5The truth is, that the clown's absurd story, with the still more…06:44
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
6'I come with sad and tormenting tidings to you, my beloved…'05:52
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
7These were some of the thoughts by which I consoled myself…06:42
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
8I was conducted into the other end of the house, among looms…06:02
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
9The wife released me soon, and carefully whispered to me, at the…07:05
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
10I attended the office some hours every day, but got not much…06:19
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
11For the first time, I remarked that the animals were snorting…04:12
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
12My case was indeed a pitiable one. I was lame, hungry, fatigued…05:26
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
13After crossing the Tweed, I saw no more of my persecutor that day…07:03
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
Disc 7
1At length he desired me to sit down and take some rest…07:28
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
2August 30. – This day I have been informed that I am to be banished…06:38
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
3The Editor's Narrative Concluded Read by Nicholas McArdle06:24
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
4'Early next morning, Mr. Anderson's servants went reluctantly away…'05:40
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
5The letter from which the above is an extract, is signed JAMES HOGG…07:47
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
6We soon reached the spot, and I confess I felt a singular sensation…06:04
McArdle, Nick (Reader)
7All his clothes that were sewed with linen yarn were lying in separate portions, the thread having rotten…07:53
McArdle, Nick (Reader)

Total Playing Time: 08:41:54