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It sounds like it ought to be an AwfulBritishSexComedy, but in fact James Hogg's Scottish novel dates from 1824 and is thankfully lacking in pinging bras, creaking bedsprings and window cleaners. Instead, this is the tale of Robert Wringhim, the younger son of the Laird of Dalcastle. His father, who he has been raised by his pious mother to despise as an unrepentant sinner, has no time for him. Lord Dalcastle suspects that he is the illegitimate son of his estranged wife and her religious adviser (whose name he shares and who is effectively his stepfather). Robert won't be inheriting anything on his father's death—that's all going to his elder and more popular brother, George Colwan—and he regards himself as an outcast, although his stepfather has assured him that he is predestined to be one of God's elect. Then one day, as Robert walks through the fields alone, he encounters a mysterious and apparently powerful young man called Gil-Martin, who has a few suggestions about how he can sort out all his problems...
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It sounds like it ought to be an AwfulBritishSexComedy, but in fact James Hogg's Creator/JamesHogg's Scottish novel dates from 1824 and is thankfully lacking in pinging bras, creaking bedsprings and window cleaners. Instead, this is the tale of Robert Wringhim, the younger son of the Laird of Dalcastle. His father, who he has been raised by his pious mother to despise as an unrepentant sinner, has no time for him. Lord Dalcastle suspects that he is the illegitimate son of his estranged wife and her religious adviser (whose name he shares and who is effectively his stepfather). Robert won't be inheriting anything on his father's death—that's all going to his elder and more popular brother, George Colwan—and he regards himself as an outcast, although his stepfather has assured him that he is predestined to be one of God's elect. Then one day, as Robert walks through the fields alone, he encounters a mysterious and apparently powerful young man called Gil-Martin, who has a few suggestions about how he can sort out all his problems...
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* InsaneTrollLogic: According to Gil-Martin, God has decreed that Robert's salvation and entry into Heaven has been guaranteed, now and forever. ''Obviously'' that means he can lie and cheat and murder and commit every other sin in the book, he's been chosen and nothing can take that away from him!
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* InsaneTrollLogic: According to Gil-Martin, God has decreed that Robert's salvation and entry into Heaven has been guaranteed, now and forever. ''Obviously'' that means he can lie and cheat and murder and commit every other sin in the book, Good Book, he's been chosen and nothing can take that away from him!
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* NamesTheSame: Both brothers George Colwan (junior) and Robert Wringhim (junior) are named after their respective fathers (this statement assuming that Wringhim Senior really is Robert's biological father, which is quite implied though never quite proven).
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* SettingUpdate: Loosely, ''Faust/{{Faust}}'' [-IN SCOTLAND DURING [[TheCavalierYears THE CAVALIER YEARS]]!-]
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* SettingUpdate: Loosely, ''Faust/{{Faust}}'' ''Myth/{{Faust}}'' [-IN SCOTLAND DURING [[TheCavalierYears THE CAVALIER YEARS]]!-]
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* ArrangedMarriage: The source of all the problems in the novel is Lady Dalcastle's to Lord Dalcastle. Her father is a wealthy merchant and it's strictly for MoneyDearBoy.
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* ArrangedMarriage: The source of all the problems in the novel is Lady Dalcastle's marriage to Lord Dalcastle. Her father is a wealthy merchant and it's strictly for MoneyDearBoy.money.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Gil-Martin's persuasive take on Calvinist doctrine—that God has apparently given Robert free rein to "cut off sinners with the sword"—would not sound terribly out of place to the likes of the [[WarOnTerror Islamic State]]. Or to the Westboro Baptist Church.
* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide: Robert, destitute and driven to despair by Gil-Martin, ultimately kills himself.]]
* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide: Robert, destitute and driven to despair by Gil-Martin, ultimately kills himself.]]
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Gil-Martin's persuasive take on Calvinist doctrine—that God has apparently given Robert free rein to "cut off sinners with the sword"—would not sound terribly out of place to the likes of the [[WarOnTerror [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror Islamic State]]. Or to the Westboro Baptist Church.
*[[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide: Robert, [[spoiler:Robert]], destitute and driven to despair by [[spoiler:by Gil-Martin, ultimately kills himself.]]himself]].
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* FugitiveArc: The last few months of Robert's life—succinctly delineated by the transition of the novel from his printed memoirs to his handwritten diary entries—has him constantly on the run from both authorities and the general public, who all accuse him of various abuses of power and crimes of which he claims to be completely unawares.
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* FugitiveArc: The last few months of Robert's life—succinctly delineated by the transition of the novel from his printed memoirs to his handwritten diary entries—has him constantly on the run from both authorities and the general public, who all accuse him of various abuses of power and crimes of which he claims to be completely unawares. At the same time, he's also on the run from Gil-Martin, who is somehow also egging on the crowd.
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* SettingUpdate: Loosely, ''{{Faust}}'' [-IN SCOTLAND DURING [[TheCavalierYears THE CAVALIER YEARS]]!-]
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* SettingUpdate: Loosely, ''{{Faust}}'' ''Faust/{{Faust}}'' [-IN SCOTLAND DURING [[TheCavalierYears THE CAVALIER YEARS]]!-]
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* FugitiveArc: The last few months of Robert's life—succinctly delineated by the transition of the novel from his printed memoirs to his handwritten diary entries—has him constantly on the run from both authorities and the general public, who all accuse him of various abuses of power and crimes of which he claims to be completely unawares.
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* FictionalDocument: The memoir itself, as well as the letters reproduced by the Editor for his side of the story, and the (forged?) deed in Lawyer Linkum's possession, which claims Robert has legitimately laid claim to the Keelers' land.
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[[caption-width-right:350:The duel between George Colwan and Gil-Martin, who is disguised as one of George's friends. Robert (in black)
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looks on between them. [[labelnote:Context]] In TheEighties, the late Scottish performance artist Paul Bright tried to adapt the novel into a series of radical shows based in the actual locations in the book. The poster advertises a 2015 exhibit compiling the material from those shows, which closed out to poor reviews.[[/labelnote]]]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:The duel between George Colwan and Gil-Martin, who is disguised as one of George's friends. Robert (in black)
black) looks on between them. [[labelnote:Context]] In TheEighties, the late Scottish performance artist Paul Bright tried to adapt the novel into a series of radical shows based in the actual locations in the book. The poster advertises a 2015 exhibit compiling the material from those shows, which closed out to poor reviews.[[/labelnote]]]]
