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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... entered softly , and stole upstairs to change her dress ; while Lyndsay , as he walked openly and deliberately to his apartment , thought " She has got the better of me , I fear , after all - but to - morrow will show . " A Chapter lij ...
... entered softly , and stole upstairs to change her dress ; while Lyndsay , as he walked openly and deliberately to his apartment , thought " She has got the better of me , I fear , after all - but to - morrow will show . " A Chapter lij ...
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... entered into all that was said con amore , and was consequently thought , by the greater part of the company , to be an uncommonly charming , well - informed , and very fine woman . Lady Betty asked some questions as efficient as usual ...
... entered into all that was said con amore , and was consequently thought , by the greater part of the company , to be an uncommonly charming , well - informed , and very fine woman . Lady Betty asked some questions as efficient as usual ...
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... entered the room and approached her , she welcomed him with the only look of gladness that had brightened her face that day . Although Lyndsay was pretty well aware of Mrs St Clair's real character , and saw , moreover , that she had ...
... entered the room and approached her , she welcomed him with the only look of gladness that had brightened her face that day . Although Lyndsay was pretty well aware of Mrs St Clair's real character , and saw , moreover , that she had ...
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... entered into her imagination ; and when it was announced that Mr Ramsay wished to see Miss St Clair alone , her agitation was almost too much for her . Although trembling herself , Gertrude yet tried to soothe her mother into calmness ...
... entered into her imagination ; and when it was announced that Mr Ramsay wished to see Miss St Clair alone , her agitation was almost too much for her . Although trembling herself , Gertrude yet tried to soothe her mother into calmness ...
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... entering the avenue , and dragging its ponderous length towards the castle ; but what was its precise nature the still falling snow prevented their ascertaining . But suddenly the snow ceased the clouds rolled away - and a red brassy ...
... entering the avenue , and dragging its ponderous length towards the castle ; but what was its precise nature the still falling snow prevented their ascertaining . But suddenly the snow ceased the clouds rolled away - and a red brassy ...
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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