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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... manner he could not misunderstand . This was something he had not anticipated — it went far beyond what he had calculated upon , and he was thrown off his guard . His features betrayed his emo- tion , although he remained silent . There ...
... manner he could not misunderstand . This was something he had not anticipated — it went far beyond what he had calculated upon , and he was thrown off his guard . His features betrayed his emo- tion , although he remained silent . There ...
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... manner to render even these amusing and instructive , without being either satirical or pedantic - for he possessed an accurate knowledge of most subjects of science and literature , and , like all really well - informed people , he ...
... manner to render even these amusing and instructive , without being either satirical or pedantic - for he possessed an accurate knowledge of most subjects of science and literature , and , like all really well - informed people , he ...
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... manner . Chapter liij . I am not a man of law that has my tongue to sell for silver or favour of the world . - JOHN KNOX . TH HE following day Mrs St Clair was confined to bed with a severe cold and rheumatism , the consequences of her ...
... manner . Chapter liij . I am not a man of law that has my tongue to sell for silver or favour of the world . - JOHN KNOX . TH HE following day Mrs St Clair was confined to bed with a severe cold and rheumatism , the consequences of her ...
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... in discountenancing vice by being as disagreeable as possible . How rarely can we judge of people's hearts by their manners ! and how seldom do we see " the manner or suited to the action , " except in skilful THE INHERITANCE . 19.
... in discountenancing vice by being as disagreeable as possible . How rarely can we judge of people's hearts by their manners ! and how seldom do we see " the manner or suited to the action , " except in skilful THE INHERITANCE . 19.
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... manner calculated to make us dislike the reprover , even while we admit the justice of the reproof ! On the present occasion Mr Ramsay's roughness and asperity produced no corresponding emotions in Ger- trude's gentle heart . She felt ...
... manner calculated to make us dislike the reprover , even while we admit the justice of the reproof ! On the present occasion Mr Ramsay's roughness and asperity produced no corresponding emotions in Ger- trude's gentle heart . She felt ...
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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