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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... eyes . She did not , however , now seem to shun him ; for she stopped and extended her hand to him , saying " You are the very person I most wish to see -give me your arm , and let us return together - I have much to say to you ...
... eyes . She did not , however , now seem to shun him ; for she stopped and extended her hand to him , saying " You are the very person I most wish to see -give me your arm , and let us return together - I have much to say to you ...
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... eyes as her judgment ripens , her imagination will decline already I can perceive the work is begun , and time is all that is wanting to finish it ; but if , as may happen , she is hurried into a clan- destine engagement , my hopes ...
... eyes as her judgment ripens , her imagination will decline already I can perceive the work is begun , and time is all that is wanting to finish it ; but if , as may happen , she is hurried into a clan- destine engagement , my hopes ...
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... eye which chooses to look in your face . Happily ' tis one that even crying cannot spoil ; you have only to wipe away your tears , " and she applied her own handkerchief ; " and see , not a trace of them remains . — Come , I insist upon ...
... eye which chooses to look in your face . Happily ' tis one that even crying cannot spoil ; you have only to wipe away your tears , " and she applied her own handkerchief ; " and see , not a trace of them remains . — Come , I insist upon ...
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... eyes . " He will come then to clear himself from all unjust suspicions ! " thought she ; and as the transporting thought rushed upon her mind , she raised her eyes beaming with delight to Lyndsay . But they met his fixed upon her with ...
... eyes . " He will come then to clear himself from all unjust suspicions ! " thought she ; and as the transporting thought rushed upon her mind , she raised her eyes beaming with delight to Lyndsay . But they met his fixed upon her with ...
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... eyes , or was oftener called upon to declare what she saw ; and when , at length , she descried the identical old red hack - chaise belonging to the White Bear rocking up the avenue - not Blue Beard himself , sword in hand , could have ...
... eyes , or was oftener called upon to declare what she saw ; and when , at length , she descried the identical old red hack - chaise belonging to the White Bear rocking up the avenue - not Blue Beard himself , sword in hand , could have ...
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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