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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... took alarm at Gertrude's absence during that prodigious shower , and set out in search of her myself ; but we missed each other , and have now only met by the side of your lordship's charming fire . " Lord Rossville loved to be ...
... took alarm at Gertrude's absence during that prodigious shower , and set out in search of her myself ; but we missed each other , and have now only met by the side of your lordship's charming fire . " Lord Rossville loved to be ...
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... took its cast from them , and was as dull as political discussions always are , unless when worse than dull - violent . Mrs St Clair entered into all that was said con amore , and was consequently thought , by the greater part of the ...
... took its cast from them , and was as dull as political discussions always are , unless when worse than dull - violent . Mrs St Clair entered into all that was said con amore , and was consequently thought , by the greater part of the ...
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... to sit down , and that she did with trepidation . But , instead of complying , Mr Ramsay drew from his pocket an old black leather pocket - book , from which he took Gertrude's letter , and , showing her the THE INHERITANCE . 15.
... to sit down , and that she did with trepidation . But , instead of complying , Mr Ramsay drew from his pocket an old black leather pocket - book , from which he took Gertrude's letter , and , showing her the THE INHERITANCE . 15.
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Susan Ferrier Reginald Brimley Johnson. he took Gertrude's letter , and , showing her the super- scription , asked- " Is that your writing ? " " It is , " answered Gertrude , in a voice scarcely articulate . " And wi ' your ain free will ...
Susan Ferrier Reginald Brimley Johnson. he took Gertrude's letter , and , showing her the super- scription , asked- " Is that your writing ? " " It is , " answered Gertrude , in a voice scarcely articulate . " And wi ' your ain free will ...
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... took a very distant and stately farewell . When informed of Mr Delmour's dismissal , Mrs St Clair's indignation against her daughter was no less violent than unaccountable . " You were born to be my ruin ! was her first exclamation ...
... took a very distant and stately farewell . When informed of Mr Delmour's dismissal , Mrs St Clair's indignation against her daughter was no less violent than unaccountable . " You were born to be my ruin ! was her first exclamation ...
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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