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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... 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 displeasure . " Yesterday you seemed to me to be scarcely upon speaking terms . - Well ...
... 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 displeasure . " Yesterday you seemed to me to be scarcely upon speaking terms . - Well ...
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... sure , I'm much obliged to him - for if it hadn't been for him , poor man ! I might have been stiff and stark by this time . " And Miss Pratt busied herself in taking off her snow - shoes , and turning and chafing herself before the ...
... sure , I'm much obliged to him - for if it hadn't been for him , poor man ! I might have been stiff and stark by this time . " And Miss Pratt busied herself in taking off her snow - shoes , and turning and chafing herself before the ...
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... sure you must be sensible that it's perfectly impossible for them to find their way now . " Jackson , who had , like his betters , felt considerable ennui during the storm , and rather rejoiced at the thoughts of any visitors , however ...
... sure you must be sensible that it's perfectly impossible for them to find their way now . " Jackson , who had , like his betters , felt considerable ennui during the storm , and rather rejoiced at the thoughts of any visitors , however ...
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... sure she would soon bring something to light - some bit paper , or letter , or jotting , or something or another , just to show what his intentions were ; and she was sure Lady Rossville would willingly act up to it , whatever it was ...
... sure she would soon bring something to light - some bit paper , or letter , or jotting , or something or another , just to show what his intentions were ; and she was sure Lady Rossville would willingly act up to it , whatever it was ...
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... with his affection - that , the peculiar trea- sure of her soul - that , the pearl of great price - the rest , was it not all mere earthly dross ? Without that , what were rank and fortune to her ? But to THE INHERITANCE . 41.
... with his affection - that , the peculiar trea- sure of her soul - that , the pearl of great price - the rest , was it not all mere earthly dross ? Without that , what were rank and fortune to her ? But to THE INHERITANCE . 41.
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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