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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... mother had tacitly acknowledged by not directly denying . In the short conversation he had held with Mrs St Clair , subsequent to that meet- ing , she had with tears implored his silence - his secrecy -his forbearance - and , in broken ...
... mother had tacitly acknowledged by not directly denying . In the short conversation he had held with Mrs St Clair , subsequent to that meet- ing , she had with tears implored his silence - his secrecy -his forbearance - and , in broken ...
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... mother's vanity -of appreciating her charms and her graces ; -but you know not - none but a mother can know , the treasures of her heart and mind . " 66 Mrs St Clair paused and sighed , and Mr Lyndsay was too much surprised at such an ...
... mother's vanity -of appreciating her charms and her graces ; -but you know not - none but a mother can know , the treasures of her heart and mind . " 66 Mrs St Clair paused and sighed , and Mr Lyndsay was too much surprised at such an ...
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... mother's life at the expense of becoming the wife of the dreaded Lewiston ; and , sinking at her feet , in wild broken accents she besought her to spare her . 66 Compose yourself , Gertrude , " cried Mrs St Clair , suddenly calmed ...
... mother's life at the expense of becoming the wife of the dreaded Lewiston ; and , sinking at her feet , in wild broken accents she besought her to spare her . 66 Compose yourself , Gertrude , " cried Mrs St Clair , suddenly calmed ...
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... 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 letter - box and no more ; we must return to the drawing - room , and we can put it into the box as ...
... 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 letter - box and no more ; we must return to the drawing - room , and we can put it into the box as ...
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... mother's desire , Gertrude therefore stationed herself at the window , to watch the arrival of any one likely to be the bearer of the important despatch . Not sister Anne herself looked with more wistful eyes , or was oftener called ...
... mother's desire , Gertrude therefore stationed herself at the window , to watch the arrival of any one likely to be the bearer of the important despatch . Not sister Anne herself looked with more wistful eyes , or was oftener called ...
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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