{"title":"Books by Susan Ferrier","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780349011219","title":"Marriage","description":"\u003cp\u003eSusan 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Edinburgh is reclaiming Susan Ferrier as the equal of Scottish greats in literature' SIR WALTER SCOTT AND ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A forgotten literary heroine' VANESSA THORPE,\u003ci\u003e GUARDIAN \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Ferrier writes with crisp, telling details and a knack for naming characters' \u003ci\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'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!'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnderstanding 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing two generations of women, \u003ci\u003eMarriage, \u003c\/i\u003efirst published in 1818, is a shrewdly observant and humorous novel by one of Scotland's greatest writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56286470472053,"sku":"9780349011219","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780349011219_ec948b54-8e1c-443b-90ec-f5552ba78743.jpg?v=1786014181"},{"product_id":"9781375093668","title":"The Inheritance","description":"\u003cp\u003eNineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection includes the full-text of more than 9,500 English, French and German titles. The collection is sourced from the remarkable library of Victor Amadeus, whose Castle Corvey collection was one of the most spectacular discoveries of the late 1970s. The Corvey Collection comprises one of the most important collections of Romantic era writing in existence anywhere -- including fiction, short prose, dramatic works, poetry, and more -- with a focus on especially difficult-to-find works by lesser-known, historically neglected writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Corvey library was built during the last half of the 19th century by Victor and his wife Elise, both bibliophiles with varied interests. The collection thus contains everything from novels and short stories to belles lettres and more populist works, and includes many exceedingly rare works not available in any other collection from the period. These invaluable, sometimes previously unknown works are of particular interest to scholars and researchers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEuropean Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* Novels and Gothic Novels\u003cbr\u003e* Short Stories\u003cbr\u003e* Belles-Lettres\u003cbr\u003e* Short Prose Forms\u003cbr\u003e* Dramatic Works\u003cbr\u003e* Poetry\u003cbr\u003e* Anthologies\u003cbr\u003e* And more\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected with the guidance of an international team of expert advisors, these primary sources are invaluable for a wide range of academic disciplines and areas of study, providing never before possible research opportunities for one of the most studied historical periods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdditional Metadata\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrimary Id: B0198202\u003cbr\u003ePSM Id: NCCOF0063-C00000-B0198202\u003cbr\u003eDVI Collection Id: NCCOC0062\u003cbr\u003eBibliographic Id: NCCO002812\u003cbr\u003eReel: 684\u003cbr\u003eMCODE: 4UVC\u003cbr\u003eOriginal Publisher: William Blackwood and T. 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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.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308328169845,"sku":"9781906841355","price":14.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781906841355_092e2504-4d7e-4b13-af50-5a3e7eeff8a7.jpg?v=1786029216"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-susan-ferrier.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}