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Faced with the prospect of marriage to an elderly, red-haired,
squinting Duke, the passionate Lady Juliana elopes with her
penniless Scottish beau. But what happens when this high-born,
high-bred society beauty's romantic notions of the Highlands of
Scotland meet cold, damp reality? Susan Ferrier's 1818 novel
Marriage is a witty and satirical examination of female lives in
the Regency era. This edition takes the 1819 second edition of
Marriage as its base text, incorporating those changes which
Ferrier made when the work was fresh and sharp, but refusing the
bowdlerisation and sentimental sugar of the 1841 edition, suited
for Victorian tastes and moralities. Edited and introduced by
Dorothy McMillan, and supported by extensive historical notes, this
new edition captures the humour, sensitivity and elegance of the
original bestselling novel, and gives Ferrier her proper place
among Scotland's notable writers.
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Marriage (Paperback)
Susan Ferrier; Introduction by Val McDermid
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Susan Ferrier sold more copies of her novels than her contemporary,
Jane Austen. Sir Walter Scott declared her his equal. Why, then has
she been lost to history? On the 200th anniversary of this sharply
observed, comic novel, it is time to rediscover her brilliance.
'What have you to do with a heart? What has anybody to do with a
heart when their establishment in life is at stake? Keep your heart
for your romances, child, and don't bring such nonsense into real
life - heart, indeed!' Understanding that the purpose of marriage
is to further her family, Lady Juliana nevertheless rejects the
ageing and unattractive - though appropriately wealthy - suitor of
her father's choice. She elopes, instead, with a handsome,
penniless soldier and goes to Scotland to live at Glenfarn Castle,
his paternal home. But Lady Juliana finds life in the Scottish
highlands dreary and bleak, hastily repenting of following her
heart. After giving birth to twin daughters, Lady Juliana leaves
Mary to the care of her sister-in-law, while she returns to England
with Adelaide. Sixteen years later, Mary is thoughtful, wise and
kind, in comparison to her foolish mother and vain sister.
Following two generations of women, Marriage, first published in
1818, is a shrewdly observant and humorous novel by one of
Scotland's greatest writers.
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