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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... 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 , her mother had tacitly acknowledged by not directly ...
... 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 , her mother had tacitly acknowledged by not directly ...
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... seemed as if eager to indemnify herself for the constraint she had been under . " Gertrude ! ” cried she , all at once giving way to her agitation " again you see me in your hands again my fate hangs on your decision - again it is yours ...
... seemed as if eager to indemnify herself for the constraint she had been under . " Gertrude ! ” cried she , all at once giving way to her agitation " again you see me in your hands again my fate hangs on your decision - again it is yours ...
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... seemed to be struggling with her feelings , she spoke- " Gertrude , I cannot conceal from you that we are both in the power of a villain - I have told you , and I again repeat it the circumstances which have placed me there I will only ...
... seemed to be struggling with her feelings , she spoke- " Gertrude , I cannot conceal from you that we are both in the power of a villain - I have told you , and I again repeat it the circumstances which have placed me there I will only ...
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... seemed as if he only could deliver her ; and when he entered the room and approached her , she welcomed him with the only look of gladness that had brightened her face that day . Although Lyndsay was pretty well aware of Mrs St Clair's ...
... seemed as if he only could deliver her ; and when he entered the room and approached her , she welcomed him with the only look of gladness that had brightened her face that day . Although Lyndsay was pretty well aware of Mrs St Clair's ...
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... seemed to hang upon his words , insignificant as they were , and when he ended a deep flush of joy overspread her countenance , and lighted up her eyes . " He will come then to clear himself from all unjust suspicions ! " thought she ...
... seemed to hang upon his words , insignificant as they were , and when he ended a deep flush of joy overspread her countenance , and lighted up her eyes . " He will come then to clear himself from all unjust suspicions ! " thought she ...
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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