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Marriage, Volume 1 |
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“Love!–A word by superstition thought a God; by use turned to an humour; by self-will made a flattering madness.” – Alexander and Campaspe. Lady Juliana, the indulged and coddled seventeen (”And a half, papa”) year old daughter of the Earl of Cortland, is betrothed by her father to a wealthy old Duke who can give her every luxury. She instead runs away and marries her very handsome but penniless lover. Very soon, they are forced to travel to Scotland to live with his quirky family in a rundown “castle” in the barren wilderness. Can this marriage survive?(Summary by P.Cunningham) A Novel by Susan Ferrier "Life consists not of a series of
illustrious actions; the greater part of our time passes in
compliance with necessities in the performance of daily duties in
the removal of small inconveniences in the procurement of petty
pleasures; and we are well or ill at ease, as the main stream of life
glides on smoothly, or is ruffled by small and frequent
interruption." JOHNSON. Edinburgh
Edition IN TWO VOLUMES VOLUME I. LONDON RICHARD BENTLEY & SON Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen 1881 Printed by R. & R. CLARK, Edinburgh.
PREFATORY NOTE. MISS FERRIER'S Novels have, since their first appearance, suffered
curtailment in all subsequent Editions. The present Edition is the first
reprint from the original Editions, and contains the whole of the
omissions in other reprints. It is, therefore, the only perfect Edition
of these Novels. Works which have received the praise of Sir Walter Scott and Sir James
Mackintosh, and been thought worthy of discussion in the Noctes
Ambrosianae, require no further introduction to the reader... Continue reading book >>
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