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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... present , I wish to put a few questions to the person- " " " Pardon me ; but I know all you would say , my dear Mr Lyndsay , and you must allow me to anticipate those questions by the confidential communication I am now about to make to ...
... present , I wish to put a few questions to the person- " " " Pardon me ; but I know all you would say , my dear Mr Lyndsay , and you must allow me to anticipate those questions by the confidential communication I am now about to make to ...
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... present excitement of 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 ...
... present excitement of 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 ...
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... and brought only a note from the joyful Lilly , announcing the day of her nuptials , and inviting her aunt and cousin to be present at the celebration . As Mr Larkins had no vote , a civil refusal was 14 THE INHERITANCE .
... and brought only a note from the joyful Lilly , announcing the day of her nuptials , and inviting her aunt and cousin to be present at the celebration . As Mr Larkins had no vote , a civil refusal was 14 THE INHERITANCE .
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... present occasion Mr Ramsay's roughness and asperity produced no corresponding emotions in Ger- trude's gentle heart . She felt only regret and sorrow at having been the means of embittering the scanty measure of the old man's enjoyment ...
... present occasion Mr Ramsay's roughness and asperity produced no corresponding emotions in Ger- trude's gentle heart . She felt only regret and sorrow at having been the means of embittering the scanty measure of the old man's enjoyment ...
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... present . I trust I leave you in safety , and I shall not stay long away ; but if , in my absence , anything should occur to alarm you , promise that you will write to me instantly . " Seeing her hesitate , he quickly added , " I am not ...
... present . I trust I leave you in safety , and I shall not stay long away ; but if , in my absence , anything should occur to alarm you , promise that you will write to me instantly . " Seeing her hesitate , he quickly added , " I am not ...
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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