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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... mind . " 66 Mrs St Clair paused and sighed , and Mr 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 ...
... mind . " 66 Mrs St Clair paused and sighed , and Mr 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 ...
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... mind that that claim does in reality extend to her hand , and that- -But , oh Heavens ! " exclaimed she , as they suddenly came in sight of the castle , " it must be very late - lights in the drawing - room , and company assembled - if ...
... mind that that claim does in reality extend to her hand , and that- -But , oh Heavens ! " exclaimed she , as they suddenly came in sight of the castle , " it must be very late - lights in the drawing - room , and company assembled - if ...
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... mind , her powers of thinking were suspended , and she was the mere passive instrument of her mother's will . At length it was finished ; and , as Mrs St Clair sealed it , she looked at her watch- " It will be just in time for the ...
... mind , her powers of thinking were suspended , and she was the mere passive instrument of her mother's will . At length it was finished ; and , as Mrs St Clair sealed it , she looked at her watch- " It will be just in time for the ...
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... mind . To have saved her from the fatal consequences of such infatuation he would have made any sacrifice , but his nature was too noble to join in a stratagem . With these feelings he drew near Gertrude ; but Mrs St Clair had contrived ...
... mind . To have saved her from the fatal consequences of such infatuation he would have made any sacrifice , but his nature was too noble to join in a stratagem . With these feelings he drew near Gertrude ; but Mrs St Clair had contrived ...
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... mind , she raised her eyes beaming with delight to Lyndsay . But they met his fixed upon her with an expression so grave , so uncon- genial with her own , as instantly to make her feel how little his sentiments were in unison with her ...
... mind , she raised her eyes beaming with delight to Lyndsay . But they met his fixed upon her with an expression so grave , so uncon- genial with her own , as instantly to make her feel how little his sentiments were in unison with her ...
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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