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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... tone of reproach . 66 ' I shall give credit to you now , " answered he , " if you will tell me where I am likely to find the person I left here half an hour ago . " " " " I cannot tell - and , if I could , perhaps I would not . No good ...
... tone of reproach . 66 ' I shall give credit to you now , " answered he , " if you will tell me where I am likely to find the person I left here half an hour ago . " " " " I cannot tell - and , if I could , perhaps I would not . No good ...
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... tone . Gertrude involuntarily shrunk from the ungracious- looking hand that was scarcely extended to her . " Tak ' it , " cried he , in a still more angry voice- " tak ' it ; but you maun tak ' this alang wi't - I would rather hae ...
... tone . Gertrude involuntarily shrunk from the ungracious- looking hand that was scarcely extended to her . " Tak ' it , " cried he , in a still more angry voice- " tak ' it ; but you maun tak ' this alang wi't - I would rather hae ...
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... tone of deep dejection- " but nothing shall ever make me forget your kindness , my dear - dear uncle - may God bless you ! " Mr Ramsay made no reply - his heart yearned to the image of his beloved Lizzie , and he was on the point - not ...
... tone of deep dejection- " but nothing shall ever make me forget your kindness , my dear - dear uncle - may God bless you ! " Mr Ramsay made no reply - his heart yearned to the image of his beloved Lizzie , and he was on the point - not ...
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... morrow , coute qu'il coute ; then , reading sur- prise in her daughter's countenance , she added , in a solemn tone , " Gertrude , whatever has appeared strange " " and mysterious in my conduct towards you , I am 20 THE INHERITANCE .
... morrow , coute qu'il coute ; then , reading sur- prise in her daughter's countenance , she added , in a solemn tone , " Gertrude , whatever has appeared strange " " and mysterious in my conduct towards you , I am 20 THE INHERITANCE .
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... silence that reigned , it fell with that dull muffled tone which only denoted the still burdened atmosphere . Nothing can be more desolate and depressing than this exterior of nature to those who , assembled under 24 THE INHERITANCE .
... silence that reigned , it fell with that dull muffled tone which only denoted the still burdened atmosphere . Nothing can be more desolate and depressing than this exterior of nature to those who , assembled under 24 THE INHERITANCE .
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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