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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... better of me , I fear , after all - but to - morrow will show . " A Chapter lij . Such deep despondence rends her trembling heart , Conscious of deeds which honour cannot own . EURIPIDES . LTHOUGH Mr Lyndsay had made all despatch in ...
... better of me , I fear , after all - but to - morrow will show . " A Chapter lij . Such deep despondence rends her trembling heart , Conscious of deeds which honour cannot own . EURIPIDES . LTHOUGH Mr Lyndsay had made all despatch in ...
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... better of me . " " The time o ' a man o ' threescore and ten will no be very lang in this world - we'll maybe meet nae mair— but , before we part , there's ae thing I maun tell you- Trust me , ye'll ne'er buy true friends - nor true ...
... better of me . " " The time o ' a man o ' threescore and ten will no be very lang in this world - we'll maybe meet nae mair— but , before we part , there's ae thing I maun tell you- Trust me , ye'll ne'er buy true friends - nor true ...
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... better worth reading than your letter - but there need be nae mair said about it - let byganes be byganes . " " But can you — will you forgive me ? " " I hae naething to forgi'e - I tell you I value the money nae mair than the dirt ...
... better worth reading than your letter - but there need be nae mair said about it - let byganes be byganes . " " But can you — will you forgive me ? " " I hae naething to forgi'e - I tell you I value the money nae mair than the dirt ...
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... better than she did - she might say they had been like brother and sister all their lives ; and nobody that knew him - worthy , well - meaning man that he was ! -could ever believe that he would go out of the world , and leave things ...
... better than she did - she might say they had been like brother and sister all their lives ; and nobody that knew him - worthy , well - meaning man that he was ! -could ever believe that he would go out of the world , and leave things ...
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... better Robert should not be made acquainted with what has passed - at present . " " " Here was " confirmation strong as proofs of holy writ , " to the generous , confiding heart of Gertrude . Yes ! it was upon her account that he ...
... better Robert should not be made acquainted with what has passed - at present . " " " Here was " confirmation strong as proofs of holy writ , " to the generous , confiding heart of Gertrude . Yes ! it was upon her account that he ...
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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