The Inheritance

"As the noblest attribute of man, family pride had been cherished time immemorial by the noble race of Rossville. Deep and incurable, therefore, was the wound inflicted on all its members by the marriage of the honorable Thomas St. Clair, the youngest son of the Earl of Rossville, with the humble Miss Sarah Black, a beautiful girl of obscure origin and no fortune." And so the stage is set for our plot, which focuses on the implications and complications of the return from France to Scotland of the Rossville widow and her daughter-heiress Gertrude, who must suffer the onslaught of relations and suitors as well as a mysterious, threatening stranger who plagues her mother. And while we suffer with Gertrude, who also may be in love with the wrong man, we enjoy a myriad of wonderful satiric portraits of the menagerie of minor characters in this lively story.

By : Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier (1782 - 1854)

001 - Volume I. Chapter I 002 - Volume I. Chapter II 003 - Volume I. Chapter III 004 - Volume I. Chapter IV 005 - Volume I. Chapter V 006 - Volume I. Chapter VI 007 - Volume I. Chapter VII 008 - Volume I. Chapter VIII 009 - Volume I. Chapter IX 010 - Volume I. Chapter X 011 - Volume I. Chapter XI 012 - Volume I. Chapter XII 013 - Volume I. Chapter XIII 014 - Volume I. Chapter XIV 015 - Volume I. Chapter XV 016 - Volume I. Chapter XVI 017 - Volume I. Chapter XVII 018 - Volume I. Chapter XVIII 019 - Volume I. Chapter XIX 020 - Volume I. Chapter XX 021 - Volume I. Chapter XXI 022 - Volume I. Chapter XXII 023 - Volume I. Chapter XXIII 024 - Volume I. Chapter XXIV 025 - Volume I. Chapter XXV 026 - Volume I. Chapter XXVI 027 - Volume I. Chapter XXVII 028 - Volume I. Chapter XXVIII 029 - Volume I. Chapter XXIX 030 - Volume I. Chapter XXX 031 - Volume I. Chapter XXXI 032 - Volume I. Chapter XXXII 033 - Volume I. Chapter XXXIII 034 - Volume I. Chapter XXXIV 035 - Volume II. Chapter I 036 - Volume II. Chapter II 037 - Volume II. Chapter III 038 - Volume II. Chapter IV 039 - Volume II. Chapter V 040 - Volume II. Chapter VI 041 - Volume II. Chapter VII 042 - Volume II. Chapter VIII 043 - Volume II. Chapter IX 044 - Volume II. Chapter X 045 - Volume II. Chapter XI 046 - Volume II. Chapter XII 047 - Volume II. Chapter XIII 048 - Volume II. Chapter XIV 049 - Volume II. Chapter XV 050 - Volume II. Chapter XVI 051 - Volume II. Chapter XVII 052 - Volume II. Chapter XVIII 053 - Volume II. Chapter XIX 054 - Volume II. Chapter XX 055 - Volume II. Chapter XXI 056 - Volume II. Chapter XXII 057 - Volume II. Chapter XXIII 058 - Volume II. Chapter XXIV 059 - Volume II. Chapter XXV 060 - Volume II. Chapter XXVI 061 - Volume II. Chapter XXVII 062 - Volume II. Chapter XXVIII 063 - Volume II. Chapter XXIX 064 - Volume II. Chapter XXX 065 - Volume II. Chapter XXXI 066 - Volume II. Chapter XXXII 067 - Volume II. Chapter XXXIII 068 - Volume II. Chapter XXXIV 069 - Volume II. Chapter XXXV 070 - Volume II. Chapter XXXVI 071 - Volume II. Chapter XXXVII 072 - Volume III. Chapter I 073 - Volume III. Chapter II 074 - Volume III. Chapter III 075 - Volume III. Chapter IV 076 - Volume III. Chapter V 077 - Volume III. Chapter VI 078 - Volume III. Chapter VII 079 - Volume III. Chapter VIII 080 - Volume III. Chapter IX 081 - Volume III. Chapter X 082 - Volume III. Chapter XI 083 - Volume III. Chapter XII 084 - Volume III. Chapter XIII 085 - Volume III. Chapter XIV 086 - Volume III. Chapter XV 087 - Volume III. Chapter XVI 088 - Volume III. Chapter XVII 089 - Volume III. Chapter XVIII 090 - Volume III. Chapter XIX 091 - Volume III. Chapter XX 092 - Volume III. Chapter XXI 093 - Volume III. Chapter XXII 094 - Volume III. Chapter XXIII 095 - Volume III. Chapter XXIV 096 - Volume III. Chapter XXV 097 - Volume III. Chapter XXVI 098 - Volume III. Chapter XXVII 099 - Volume III. Chapter XXVIII 100 - Volume III. Chapter XXIX 101 - Volume III. Chapter XXX 102 - Volume III. Chapter XXXI 103 - Volume III. Chapter XXXII 104 - Volume III. Chapter XXXIII 105 - Volume III. Chapter XXXIV 106 - Volume III. Chapter XXXV