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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... promise not to divulge what had passed , upon her solemn assurance that the affair was in the way of being amicably adjusted , and that she had taken effec- tual means of ridding herself for ever of this person's importunity . This promise ...
... promise not to divulge what had passed , upon her solemn assurance that the affair was in the way of being amicably adjusted , and that she had taken effec- tual means of ridding herself for ever of this person's importunity . This promise ...
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... promise me solemnly that you will lay open to me the whole of this dark transaction - strange thoughts have taken possession of my mind - I will no longer connive at this mystery . " It was too dark to see the working of Mrs St Clair's ...
... promise me solemnly that you will lay open to me the whole of this dark transaction - strange thoughts have taken possession of my mind - I will no longer connive at this mystery . " It was too dark to see the working of Mrs St Clair's ...
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... promise that you will write to me instantly . " Seeing her hesitate , he quickly added , " I am not seeking to engage you in any clandestine correspondence . I abhor all concealment as much as you can do , but— must I say it ? -you ...
... promise that you will write to me instantly . " Seeing her hesitate , he quickly added , " I am not seeking to engage you in any clandestine correspondence . I abhor all concealment as much as you can do , but— must I say it ? -you ...
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... promise me , then , that you will instantly claim Lord Rossville's protection . " But Gertrude dared not promise , and she remained silent . " As it is , " continued he , " I scarcely know whether I am justified in withholding from him ...
... promise me , then , that you will instantly claim Lord Rossville's protection . " But Gertrude dared not promise , and she remained silent . " As it is , " continued he , " I scarcely know whether I am justified in withholding from him ...
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... promise of being provided in quarters for the night , and that it was now impossible for them to proceed . " It will be a pretty story if I'm landed in a lawsuit , " cried Miss Pratt , in great alarm , as the THE INHERITANCE . 29.
... promise of being provided in quarters for the night , and that it was now impossible for them to proceed . " It will be a pretty story if I'm landed in a lawsuit , " cried Miss Pratt , in great alarm , as the THE INHERITANCE . 29.
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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