It tells the story of a girl angel, born of a divine tear, who falls in love with a mysterious, handsome, male spirit, who pursues her unremittingly. Her kind heart impels her to try to save this fallen angel—to her own peril.The lush language and enchanting images of this poem are unparalleled in western literature. Théophile Gautier called it the most beautiful, perhaps the most perfect poem of the French language.The original text in French is followed by a new translation, which aims to impart at least a taste of its original music and import.

    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'.Dr. Ronnie Young teaches in the Department of Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow and is production editor for the Scottish Cultural Review of Language and Literature (SCROLL) series.

    This comprehensive eBook offers Smollett's complete fictional works, with rare texts, beautiful illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Smollett's life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other works * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * The complete novels, including rare works like THE HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF AN ATOM, first time in digital print * All of the major novels are fully illustrated with their original artwork * Includes Smollett's poetry, plays and translations * Features two biographies, including Sir Walter Scott’s seminal biographical study - explore Smollett's literary life! * Almost the complete non-fiction works * NCX toc feature allowing readers to skip to the next or previous chapter, poem or book easily using the Kindle's 5-way controller * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Novels THE ADVENTURES OF RODERICK RANDOM THE ADVENTURES OF PEREGRINE PICKLE THE ADVENTURES OF FERDINAND COUNT FATHOM THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF SIR LAUNCELOT GREAVES THE HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF AN ATOM THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER The Translations GIL BLAS CANDIDE The Plays THE REGICIDE THE REPRISAL The Poetry ADVICE REPROOF MINOR POEMS The Non-Fiction CONTINUATION OF A COMPLETE HISTORY OF ENGLAND: VOLUME II TRAVELS THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY NARRATIVE OF THE BASE AND INHUMAN ARTS THAT WERE LATELY PRACTISED UPON THE BRAIN OF HABBAKKUK HILDING THE EXPEDITION AGAINST CARTHAGENA SMOLLETT’S DYING PREDICTION The Biography THE LIFE OF TOBIAS SMOLLETT by George Gillfillan Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles