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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... would , with pride and pleasure , have con- fided my dearest treasure , in the certainty that , as her judgment matured , so her love and esteem would in- crease towards that one . Why should I conceal from THE INHERITANCE . 5.
... would , with pride and pleasure , have con- fided my dearest treasure , in the certainty that , as her judgment matured , so her love and esteem would in- crease towards that one . Why should I conceal from THE INHERITANCE . 5.
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... pleasure ; " then , I am sure , all will be right . " " Mr Lyndsay appears to have made very rapid strides in your good graces , " said her mother , with a look of displeasure . " Yesterday you seemed to me to be scarcely upon speaking ...
... pleasure ; " then , I am sure , all will be right . " " Mr Lyndsay appears to have made very rapid strides in your good graces , " said her mother , with a look of displeasure . " Yesterday you seemed to me to be scarcely upon speaking ...
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... pleasures to deceive the hours and em- bellish existence . Here was nothing to palliate dul- ness - nothing to give time a zest nothing to fill the void of an unfurnished brain . There was stupor of mind , without tranquillity of soul ...
... pleasures to deceive the hours and em- bellish existence . Here was nothing to palliate dul- ness - nothing to give time a zest nothing to fill the void of an unfurnished brain . There was stupor of mind , without tranquillity of soul ...
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... pleasure of seeing you well , my dear uncle . ” Mr Ramsay hemmed . " You may see something's the matter , or the things wadnae be stannin ' there till this time o ' day - there's naebody in the hoose but mysel ' ; and I wasna gawn to ...
... pleasure of seeing you well , my dear uncle . ” Mr Ramsay hemmed . " You may see something's the matter , or the things wadnae be stannin ' there till this time o ' day - there's naebody in the hoose but mysel ' ; and I wasna gawn to ...
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... pleasure of seeing you in my own house . You know you must visit me some time ; and this is so good an opportunity , that indeed I will not excuse you . ' " I suppose you think I canna contrive to live four- and - twenty hours by mysel ...
... pleasure of seeing you in my own house . You know you must visit me some time ; and this is so good an opportunity , that indeed I will not excuse you . ' " I suppose you think I canna contrive to live four- and - twenty hours by mysel ...
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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