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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... never heard it explained why he devolved it upon my brother ; but I understand he is to follow immediately , and then unquestionably Frederick I will obtain leave- -so we may reckon upon him con- fidently . " At the first mention of ...
... never heard it explained why he devolved it upon my brother ; but I understand he is to follow immediately , and then unquestionably Frederick I will obtain leave- -so we may reckon upon him con- fidently . " At the first mention of ...
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... never contemplated — a personal inquiry set on foot by the awful uncle Adam , was an idea too dreadful to have entered into her imagination ; and when it was announced that Mr Ramsay wished to see Miss St Clair alone , her agitation was ...
... never contemplated — a personal inquiry set on foot by the awful uncle Adam , was an idea too dreadful to have entered into her imagination ; and when it was announced that Mr Ramsay wished to see Miss St Clair alone , her agitation was ...
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... never have seen me but in my coffin - and a great mercy it is , it's only in a hearse . I fancy I'm the first that ever thought themselves in luck to get into one ; but , how- ever , I think I'm still luckier in having got well out of ...
... never have seen me but in my coffin - and a great mercy it is , it's only in a hearse . I fancy I'm the first that ever thought themselves in luck to get into one ; but , how- ever , I think I'm still luckier in having got well out of ...
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... never as a resting - place ; here , however , she had been taken prisoner by the snow- storm , and confined for a week in a small house full of children -- some in measles - some in scarlet fever- some in hooping - coughs the only ...
... never as a resting - place ; here , however , she had been taken prisoner by the snow- storm , and confined for a week in a small house full of children -- some in measles - some in scarlet fever- some in hooping - coughs the only ...
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... never again for a moment shake her faith . But there were more letters to peruse . The next in order was another from Lord Rossville . It was in part a repetition of what her uncle had said to herself , when he declared his intention of ...
... never again for a moment shake her faith . But there were more letters to peruse . The next in order was another from Lord Rossville . It was in part a repetition of what her uncle had said to herself , when he declared his intention of ...
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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