"The Brownie of Bodsbeck; and Other Tales" by James Hogg is a set of stories that takes readers back to early 19th-century Scotland, exploring a world filled with Scottish folklore and the unexplainable. The stories often feature beings like helpful brownies and mischievous fairies. The main story kicks off with Walter Laidlaw, a shepherd, and his worries about his daughter Kate, and strange, dark events that come into play. We see Walter fearful and with a cryptic remark, that something bad has happened in Gemsop. His family notices this and tries to figure out what’s going on, especially with Kate. These tales weave together fear, old beliefs, and family drama, as Walter starts to question what Kate is up to at night, her possibly cursed connections to the frightening Brownie of Bodsbeck, and how these outside forces are affecting his family. The collection is set in the historical backdrop of the Covenanter times, adding layers of religious and societal tension to the supernatural drama, showing how family members often oppose one another for superstitious reasons, ultimately affecting people's lives.
The Brownie of Bodsbeck, and Other Tales (Vol. 1 of 2)
By James Hogg
In a world of folklore and superstition, a family faces mounting dread as a father desperately seeks to protect his daughter from the pull of Scotland's eerie past.
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About the AuthorJames Hogg was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both 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 unauthorised 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 (1813), his collection of songs Jacobite Relics (1819), and his two novels The Three Perils of Man (1822), and The Three Perils of Woman (1823).
James Hogg was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both 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 unauthorised 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 (1813), his collection of songs Jacobite Relics (1819), and his two novels The Three Perils of Man (1822), and The Three Perils of Woman (1823).
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