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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... exclaimed she , as they suddenly came in sight of the castle , " it must be very late - lights in the drawing - room , and company assembled - if I am missed - To - morrow we shall resume this subject ; meantime I must fly ; -and she ...
... exclaimed she , as they suddenly came in sight of the castle , " it must be very late - lights in the drawing - room , and company assembled - if I am missed - To - morrow we shall resume this subject ; meantime I must fly ; -and she ...
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... exclaimed Miss St Clair , in an accent of astonishment and pleasure ; " then , I am sure , all will be right . ' " " " Mr Lyndsay appears to have made very rapid strides in your good graces , " said her mother , with a look of ...
... exclaimed Miss St Clair , in an accent of astonishment and pleasure ; " then , I am sure , all will be right . ' " " " Mr Lyndsay appears to have made very rapid strides in your good graces , " said her mother , with a look of ...
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... exclaimed Mrs St Clair , in violent agitation . " But it must not - shall not be . You dare not marry without my consent - without the consent of she stopped- " I tell you- " If I am to be ruled by any authority , it must be solely by ...
... exclaimed Mrs St Clair , in violent agitation . " But it must not - shall not be . You dare not marry without my consent - without the consent of she stopped- " I tell you- " If I am to be ruled by any authority , it must be solely by ...
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... exclaimed Lady Rossville , horror - struck at such an avowal .- " Good Heavens ! what a situation ! How - what has occa- sioned this ? " " Just the occasion is , that that impudent thief that's been wi ' me these twa year , thought ...
... exclaimed Lady Rossville , horror - struck at such an avowal .- " Good Heavens ! what a situation ! How - what has occa- sioned this ? " " Just the occasion is , that that impudent thief that's been wi ' me these twa year , thought ...
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... exclaimed Mr Ramsay , with a sudden start of horror ; " I'll do nae such thing -what wad tak ' me to Rossville ? " " To pay me a visit — to give me the pleasure of seeing you in my own house . You know you must visit me some time ; and ...
... exclaimed Mr Ramsay , with a sudden start of horror ; " I'll do nae such thing -what wad tak ' me to Rossville ? " " To pay me a visit — to give me the pleasure of seeing you in my own house . You know you must visit me some time ; and ...
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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