The Inheritance, Volume 1J.M. Dent, 1894 First published in 1824, The Inheritance is the second novel by Susan Ferrier (1782-1854). Following the triumph of her more famous work Marriage (1818), The Inheritance picks up Ferrier's favoured theme of tried and tested morality. The focus here is on the fortunes of the young and innocent Gertrude St. Clair, who through the machinations of the desperate Mrs. St. Clair, leaves their home in France and arrives as heir apparent to the Scottish estate of Rossville. Contrary to the Earl of Rossville's plans however, Gertrude refuses the hand of the prepared suitor and instead falls under the spell of the ambitious and dashing Colonel Delmour. Ignoring the presence and guiding hand of the measured Edward Lyndsay who truly loves her, Gertrude throws herself into the bewitching gaieties of the fashionable world leaving all sense of duty behind her. Shadowing her light footsteps however is the figure of a mysterious and demanding stranger whose claim on Gertrude is to shape a very different future for her. Humanising the strain of evangelism in the novel is the inclusion of a collection of highly amusing and colourful characters, which, as noted in the new introduction, helps to display The Inheritance as 'a novel which shows Ferrier's skills as a satirist and caricaturist in their best light and that remains moreover one of the greatest examples of domestic fiction in the Scottish literary tradition'. --Ronnie Young. |
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... Countess of Rossville , and how often had her heart bounded at the anticipation ! How slight How slight a thing seems the . life or death of an individual to whom we are united by no ties of affection , when merely thought of as " to be ...
... Countess of Rossville , and how often had her heart bounded at the anticipation ! How slight How slight a thing seems the . life or death of an individual to whom we are united by no ties of affection , when merely thought of as " to be ...
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... Countess was about to close it , when her eye was arrested by one of those packets -- it was titled , " Correspondence with Colonel F. Delmour - Private - No . 1. ' 66 " Can this be the correspondence , " thought she , on which the ...
... Countess was about to close it , when her eye was arrested by one of those packets -- it was titled , " Correspondence with Colonel F. Delmour - Private - No . 1. ' 66 " Can this be the correspondence , " thought she , on which the ...
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... Countess of Rossville I have no doubt he will adore you . ' " " Gertrude was struck dumb : her mother went on— " It is evident to me - it would be to any one in their senses --- that the only struggle here is caused by self - interest ...
... Countess of Rossville I have no doubt he will adore you . ' " " Gertrude was struck dumb : her mother went on— " It is evident to me - it would be to any one in their senses --- that the only struggle here is caused by self - interest ...
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... you distrust me ? —What interest can I have in deceiving you , my child ? " " I know not - I cannot tell , " said the Countess , with a sigh ; " If I am distrustful- " " She stopped , but Mrs St Clair felt the reproach THE INHERITANCE . 43.
... you distrust me ? —What interest can I have in deceiving you , my child ? " " I know not - I cannot tell , " said the Countess , with a sigh ; " If I am distrustful- " " She stopped , but Mrs St Clair felt the reproach THE INHERITANCE . 43.
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... Countess of Rossville , you may wish to forget what is due to me as your mother , I will not relinquish my claims to you as my daughter - I will be obeyed ! " continued she , with increasing violence , " and I command you from hence ...
... Countess of Rossville , you may wish to forget what is due to me as your mother , I will not relinquish my claims to you as my daughter - I will be obeyed ! " continued she , with increasing violence , " and I command you from hence ...
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agitation agony Anne Anne Black answer Anthony Whyte assure Augusta better blush burst calm canna carriage certainly Chapter Colonel Delmour Countess of Rossville cousin cried Gertrude cried Mrs St daughter dear dearest Gertrude dinna dinner door dress Duchess emotion EURIPIDES exclaimed eyes fear feelings felt flattered forgive frae Gertrude's give guardian Guy Mannering hand happiness head hear heard hearse heart Heaven hope instantly Lady Betty Lady Charles Lady Rossville Lady Rossville's ladyship Larkins laudanum leave length Lewiston lips looked Lord Rossville lover Lyndsay Lyndsay's Major Waddell mamma manner Masham maun ment Millbank mind Miss Pratt mortification mother never passed passion person pleasure promise Ramsay returned rose scarcely seemed servant sigh smile St Clair St Ives sure tears tell there's thing thought to-morrow told tone trude turned uncle Adam uttered voice weel wish words