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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... hear this implied doubt , but went on- " You have now had opportunities of becoming acquainted with my daughter - of forming your own opinion of her character - of - pardon a mother's vanity -of appreciating her charms and her graces ...
... hear this implied doubt , but went on- " You have now had opportunities of becoming acquainted with my daughter - of forming your own opinion of her character - of - pardon a mother's vanity -of appreciating her charms and her graces ...
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... hear the alter- native . ' " Oh , no - no— spare me that dreadful alternative— kill me but save me from him ! " and she clung to her mother's knees with convulsive energy . " Gertrude , this is madness - it rests with yourself to rid me ...
... hear the alter- native . ' " Oh , no - no— spare me that dreadful alternative— kill me but save me from him ! " and she clung to her mother's knees with convulsive energy . " Gertrude , this is madness - it rests with yourself to rid me ...
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... hear all about it by and by . In the meantime , I must beg the favour of you to let the men put up their hearse and horses for the night - for it's perfectly impossible for them to go a step further- and , indeed , I promised , that if ...
... hear all about it by and by . In the meantime , I must beg the favour of you to let the men put up their hearse and horses for the night - for it's perfectly impossible for them to go a step further- and , indeed , I promised , that if ...
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... hear- ing the same changes rung upon this drawer , she one day suddenly resolved to examine it and some other of her uncle's private repositories . For that purpose she repaired to his apartment , and began her scrutiny . It was with a ...
... hear- ing the same changes rung upon this drawer , she one day suddenly resolved to examine it and some other of her uncle's private repositories . For that purpose she repaired to his apartment , and began her scrutiny . It was with a ...
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... hear from me again whenever I can summon resolution to cast the die . Meantime , you will , of course , suspend all farther proceedings . Believe me , " My dear Uncle , " Yours , with the sincerest esteem and affection , " F. M. H. ...
... hear from me again whenever I can summon resolution to cast the die . Meantime , you will , of course , suspend all farther proceedings . Believe me , " My dear Uncle , " Yours , with the sincerest esteem and affection , " F. M. H. ...
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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