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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... possible , from the mysterious thraldom in which she seemed to be held by this person . At the midnight rencontre in the wood he had asserted a right over her , which although she herself had disclaimed with almost frantic wildness ...
... possible , from the mysterious thraldom in which she seemed to be held by this person . At the midnight rencontre in the wood he had asserted a right over her , which although she herself had disclaimed with almost frantic wildness ...
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... possible right to be made the depository of Miss St Clair's sentiments by any but herself . I must be excused from listening to any thing more on that sub- ject - I simply wish to know where I am likely to find the person who has ...
... possible right to be made the depository of Miss St Clair's sentiments by any but herself . I must be excused from listening to any thing more on that sub- ject - I simply wish to know where I am likely to find the person who has ...
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... possible to release ourselves from him , can you suppose that I would have suffered what I have done that I would have submitted thus to humble myself to my own child ? ” And Mrs St Clair dropt a few tears . " But where is such a sum to ...
... possible to release ourselves from him , can you suppose that I would have suffered what I have done that I would have submitted thus to humble myself to my own child ? ” And Mrs St Clair dropt a few tears . " But where is such a sum to ...
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... possible - I maun be a born ideot if I'm no fit to judge o ' that ; and your letter ! -I wad rather hae scrapit the mool for my bread , as I wad hae blacket paper to beg for siller ! And taking up his little old bare shapeless beaver ...
... possible - I maun be a born ideot if I'm no fit to judge o ' that ; and your letter ! -I wad rather hae scrapit the mool for my bread , as I wad hae blacket paper to beg for siller ! And taking up his little old bare shapeless beaver ...
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... possible ! " exclaimed Miss St Clair , in an accent of astonishment and 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 ...
... possible ! " exclaimed Miss St Clair , in an accent of astonishment and 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 ...
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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