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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... Lyndsay ; but , at that time , he was almost a stranger to Mrs St Clair , and did not conceive him- self authorised to nterfere in her concerns . He , therefore , contented himself with mildly admonishing her on the impropriety of such ...
... Lyndsay ; but , at that time , he was almost a stranger to Mrs St Clair , and did not conceive him- self authorised to nterfere in her concerns . He , therefore , contented himself with mildly admonishing her on the impropriety of such ...
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... Lyndsay's good taste and right feeling ; but there was something absolutely revolting in it at this time - there was something so strained and unnatural in it - such a flimsy attempt at thus seeming to court ex- planation , that he felt ...
... Lyndsay's good taste and right feeling ; but there was something absolutely revolting in it at this time - there was something so strained and unnatural in it - such a flimsy attempt at thus seeming to court ex- planation , that he felt ...
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... Lyndsay was too much surprised at such an opening to make any reply . Judge , then , at my grief and anguish at finding this gifted being , this idol of my affections , ensnared by the artifices of one every way unworthy of her , has ...
... Lyndsay was too much surprised at such an opening to make any reply . Judge , then , at my grief and anguish at finding this gifted being , this idol of my affections , ensnared by the artifices of one every way unworthy of her , has ...
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... Lyndsay in a manner he could not misunderstand . This was something he had not anticipated - it went far beyond what he had calculated upon , and he was thrown off his guard . His features betrayed his emo- tion , although he remained ...
... Lyndsay in a manner he could not misunderstand . This was something he had not anticipated - it went far beyond what he had calculated upon , and he was thrown off his guard . His features betrayed his emo- tion , although he remained ...
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... Lyndsay's , but he detained her . " " " No , " said he , " before we part , promise me solemnly that you will lay open to me the whole of this dark transaction - strange thoughts have taken possession of my mind - I will no longer ...
... Lyndsay's , but he detained her . " " " No , " said he , " before we part , promise me solemnly that you will lay open to me the whole of this dark transaction - strange thoughts have taken possession of my mind - I will no longer ...
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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