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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... and with worlds , if I had them , would I purchase his absence . ” " But what are those mysterious claims which this man has upon me ? why not bring them forward openly ? -let them be urged in the face of the world ΙΟ THE INHERITANCE .
... and with worlds , if I had them , would I purchase his absence . ” " But what are those mysterious claims which this man has upon me ? why not bring them forward openly ? -let them be urged in the face of the world ΙΟ THE INHERITANCE .
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Susan Ferrier Reginald Brimley Johnson. -let them be urged in the face of the world : —in this land of freedom - in my uncle's house - what have I to fear ? " " As you value your father's memory , as you value my peace - my life - let ...
Susan Ferrier Reginald Brimley Johnson. -let them be urged in the face of the world : —in this land of freedom - in my uncle's house - what have I to fear ? " " As you value your father's memory , as you value my peace - my life - let ...
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... face . Happily ' tis one that even crying cannot spoil ; you have only to wipe away your tears , " and she applied her own handkerchief ; " and see , not a trace of them remains . - Come , I insist upon it . " And Gertrude suffered ...
... face . Happily ' tis one that even crying cannot spoil ; you have only to wipe away your tears , " and she applied her own handkerchief ; " and see , not a trace of them remains . - Come , I insist upon it . " And Gertrude suffered ...
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... face as she turned it away . He said nothing , but left his station , which was soon taken by Mr Delmour , to whose insipid verbiage she listened with sustained interest , in hopes of hearing the subject renewed . But nothing more was ...
... face as she turned it away . He said nothing , but left his station , which was soon taken by Mr Delmour , to whose insipid verbiage she listened with sustained interest , in hopes of hearing the subject renewed . But nothing more was ...
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... face to face , I don't like you , Dr Fell , The reason why , I cannot tell ; But I don't like you , Dr Fell ; for , however it may be expressed , that is generally the substance of a refusal . The words must be uttered , however , in ...
... face to face , I don't like you , Dr Fell , The reason why , I cannot tell ; But I don't like you , Dr Fell ; for , however it may be expressed , that is generally the substance of a refusal . The words must be uttered , however , 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