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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... heard Mrs St Clair say to Lord Rossville , in answer to some remark of his— " I was , indeed , caught to - day - I foolishly took alarm at Gertrude's absence during that prodigious shower , and set out in search of her myself ; but we ...
... heard Mrs St Clair say to Lord Rossville , in answer to some remark of his— " I was , indeed , caught to - day - I foolishly took alarm at Gertrude's absence during that prodigious shower , and set out in search of her myself ; but we ...
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... heard Mr Delmour say , in answer to a question from one of the voters— " Certainly we may rely upon Frederick - indeed , he will probably return to Britain in the course of a very few months . It was quite unexpected , I believe , his ...
... heard Mr Delmour say , in answer to a question from one of the voters— " Certainly we may rely upon Frederick - indeed , he will probably return to Britain in the course of a very few months . It was quite unexpected , I believe , his ...
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... heard . " Her daughter seated herself in silence , but evidently struggling with her feelings . " I cannot see you as I do , the dupe of an artful unprincipled man , without making an effort to open your eyes to the dangers of your ...
... heard . " Her daughter seated herself in silence , but evidently struggling with her feelings . " I cannot see you as I do , the dupe of an artful unprincipled man , without making an effort to open your eyes to the dangers of your ...
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... heard of the situation I was in , and made a point of my coming to them — and after all this , I'm obliged to keep her for six months , or pay her wages and board wages ! " " All this was oil and honey to uncle Adam's wounds ; and ...
... heard of the situation I was in , and made a point of my coming to them — and after all this , I'm obliged to keep her for six months , or pay her wages and board wages ! " " All this was oil and honey to uncle Adam's wounds ; and ...
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... heard o ' till they war ' dead — I dinna ken what things are to come to ! " " Indeed , sir , that's my wonder , for I really think the world has been turned fairly topsy - turvy since our days ; but I assure you it would be well if ...
... heard o ' till they war ' dead — I dinna ken what things are to come to ! " " Indeed , sir , that's my wonder , for I really think the world has been turned fairly topsy - turvy since our days ; but I assure you it would be well if ...
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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