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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... Lady Rossville would willingly act up to it , whatever it was - for he was a just , upright , friendly , liberal , well - principled , well - meaning , kind- hearted man - an honourable - minded man , with a great deal of strong natural ...
... Lady Rossville would willingly act up to it , whatever it was - for he was a just , upright , friendly , liberal , well - principled , well - meaning , kind- hearted man - an honourable - minded man , with a great deal of strong natural ...
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... Lady Rossville , as , with a burning cheek , and in a tone of wounded feeling , she collected the letters , and was turning to leave the room . " No , Gertrude , it is not enough , " cried her mother , pointing to her to be seated ...
... Lady Rossville , as , with a burning cheek , and in a tone of wounded feeling , she collected the letters , and was turning to leave the room . " No , Gertrude , it is not enough , " cried her mother , pointing to her to be seated ...
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... Lady Rossville , in much agitation ; " enough to make me sometimes doubt the evidence of my own senses - certainly enough to teach me to dis- trust even my own mother . ” Mrs St Clair's face crimsoned . " Beware how you provoke me ...
... Lady Rossville , in much agitation ; " enough to make me sometimes doubt the evidence of my own senses - certainly enough to teach me to dis- trust even my own mother . ” Mrs St Clair's face crimsoned . " Beware how you provoke me ...
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... Lady Rossville , her voice falter- ing with emotion . " Of what value to me are all those gifts , if I may not share them with those I love ? -ah ! how much rather would I forego them all- 3 " " " Than not indulge your own weak ...
... Lady Rossville , her voice falter- ing with emotion . " Of what value to me are all those gifts , if I may not share them with those I love ? -ah ! how much rather would I forego them all- 3 " " " Than not indulge your own weak ...
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... Lady Rossville hastily called to have the carriage door opened ; and , without exactly know- ing what she would or could do , she stepped out , and made the best of her way through the snow towards the house . Scarcely had she touched ...
... Lady Rossville hastily called to have the carriage door opened ; and , without exactly know- ing what she would or could do , she stepped out , and made the best of her way through the snow towards the house . Scarcely had she touched ...
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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