The Inheritance, Volume 2J.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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... began to breathe at this unexpected relief . " If he obtains this sum , he has pledged himself to quit the kingdom ; and with worlds , if I had them , would I purchase his absence . ” " But what are those mysterious claims which this ...
... began to breathe at this unexpected relief . " If he obtains this sum , he has pledged himself to quit the kingdom ; and with worlds , if I had them , would I purchase his absence . ” " But what are those mysterious claims which this ...
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... gratitude at this concession ; but immediately began to dictate the form of a letter to Mr Adam Ramsay , which her daughter implicitly followed - scarcely conscious of what she wrote . In a calmer mood , she THE INHERITANCE . II.
... gratitude at this concession ; but immediately began to dictate the form of a letter to Mr Adam Ramsay , which her daughter implicitly followed - scarcely conscious of what she wrote . In a calmer mood , she THE INHERITANCE . II.
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... began to remove the end board , that threshold of death " This is - is- gasped the Earl , as he tried to throw open the window and call to his servants ; but the window was frozen , and , ere his lordship could adopt another expedient ...
... began to remove the end board , that threshold of death " This is - is- gasped the Earl , as he tried to throw open the window and call to his servants ; but the window was frozen , and , ere his lordship could adopt another expedient ...
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... began the Earl , mustering all his energies " Miss Pratt , it is altogether inconceiv- able and inexplicable to me how you , or any one else , could possibly so far forget what was due to themselves and me as to come to my house in a ...
... began the Earl , mustering all his energies " Miss Pratt , it is altogether inconceiv- able and inexplicable to me how you , or any one else , could possibly so far forget what was due to themselves and me as to come to my house in a ...
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... began her scrutiny . It was with a feeling of solemnity she displayed the relics of the departed , and sought in vain for any indication of his will or intentions - nothing of the kind was to be seen , for nothing of the kind was in ...
... began her scrutiny . It was with a feeling of solemnity she displayed the relics of the departed , and sought in vain for any indication of his will or intentions - nothing of the kind was to be seen , for nothing of the kind was in ...
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agitation agony Anne Anne Black answer Anthony Whyte assure Augusta beauty 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 hope instantly Lady Betty Lady Charles Lady Rossville Lady Rossville's ladyship Larkins laudanum leave length Lewiston lips look Lord Rossville lover Lyndsay Lyndsay's Major Waddell mamma manner Masham maun ment Millbank mind Miss Pratt morning 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-day told tone trude turned uncle Adam uttered voice weel wish words