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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... believe , his having to accompany the regiment , as it was at one time settled that Colonel Brookes was to take the command , and I have never heard it explained why he devolved it upon my brother ; but I understand he is to follow ...
... believe , his having to accompany the regiment , as it was at one time settled that Colonel Brookes was to take the command , and I have never heard it explained why he devolved it upon my brother ; but I understand he is to follow ...
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... believe that he would go out of the world , and leave things all at sixes and sevens . Not so much as ten guineas even for a mourning ring to his oldest friends and nearest relations — the thing was quite impossible . She only wished ...
... believe that he would go out of the world , and leave things all at sixes and sevens . Not so much as ten guineas even for a mourning ring to his oldest friends and nearest relations — the thing was quite impossible . She only wished ...
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... believe it is my most earnest wish to gratify you in all possible ways . The regiment is on the point of embarking for Gibraltar ; but I expect Brookes to take the command , and that I shall obtain leave to remain at home for the ...
... believe it is my most earnest wish to gratify you in all possible ways . The regiment is on the point of embarking for Gibraltar ; but I expect Brookes to take the command , and that I shall obtain leave to remain at home for the ...
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... believe that he would hesitate about sacrificing the whole world , were it to promote his own interest ? Gertrude , I would not unnecessarily pain you , but I consider it my duty to save you from the snares I see set for you . - Why ...
... believe that he would hesitate about sacrificing the whole world , were it to promote his own interest ? Gertrude , I would not unnecessarily pain you , but I consider it my duty to save you from the snares I see set for you . - Why ...
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... believe the voice of the world , then ? " " I already know all that the world can say . It will tell me he is thoughtless - extravagant - imprudent -erring , it may be , in many things ; but all that he has told me himself - such he ...
... believe the voice of the world , then ? " " I already know all that the world can say . It will tell me he is thoughtless - extravagant - imprudent -erring , it may be , in many things ; but all that he has told me himself - such he ...
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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