"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. (Summary by Jim Locke)
Chapters
1 Volume I. Chapter I 11 min 2 Volume I. Chapter II 12 min 3 Volume I. Chapter III 18 min 4 Volume I. Chapter IV 13 min 5 Volume I. Chapter V 12 min 6 Volume I. Chapter VI 13 min 7 Volume I. Chapter VII 12 min 8 Volume I. Chapter VIII 21 min 9 Volume I. Chapter IX 14 min 10 Volume I. Chapter X 9 min 11 Volume I. Chapter XI 16 min 12 Volume I. Chapter XII 17 min 13 Volume I. Chapter XIII 15 min 14 Volume I. Chapter XIV 17 min 15 Volume I. Chapter XV 14 min 16 Volume I. Chapter XVI 16 min 17 Volume I. Chapter XVII 16 min 18 Volume I. Chapter XVIII 16 min 19 Volume I. Chapter XIX 13 min 20 Volume I. Chapter XX 11 min 21 Volume I. Chapter XXI 15 min 22 Volume I. Chapter XXII 18 min 23 Volume I. Chapter XXIII 8 min 24 Volume I. Chapter XXIV 12 min 25 Volume I. Chapter XXV 12 min 26 Volume I. Chapter XXVI 14 min 27 Volume I. Chapter XXVII 15 min 28 Volume I. Chapter XXVIII 12 min 29 Volume I. Chapter XXIX 15 min 30 Volume I. Chapter XXX 12 min 31 Volume I. Chapter XXXI 9 min 32 Volume I. Chapter XXXII 9 min 33 Volume I. Chapter XXXIII 15 min 34 Volume I. Chapter XXXIV 19 min 35 Volume II. Chapter I 13 min 36 Volume II. Chapter II 13 min 37 Volume II. Chapter III 22 min 38 Volume II. Chapter IV 14 min 39 Volume II. Chapter V 17 min 40 Volume II. Chapter VI 10 min 41 Volume II. Chapter VII 8 min 42 Volume II. Chapter VIII 9 min 43 Volume II. Chapter IX 10 min 44 Volume II. Chapter X 14 min 45 Volume II. Chapter XI 13 min 46 Volume II. Chapter XII 19 min 47 Volume II. Chapter XIII 14 min 48 Volume II. Chapter XIV 19 min 49 Volume II. Chapter XV 12 min 50 Volume II. Chapter XVI 17 min 51 Volume II. Chapter XVII 14 min 52 Volume II. Chapter XVIII 14 min 53 Volume II. Chapter XIX 14 min 54 Volume II. Chapter XX 7 min 55 Volume II. Chapter XXI 13 min 56 Volume II. Chapter XXII 7 min 57 Volume II. Chapter XXIII 8 min 58 Volume II. Chapter XXIV 17 min 59 Volume II. Chapter XXV 16 min 60 Volume II. Chapter XXVI 11 min 61 Volume II. Chapter XXVII 16 min 62 Volume II. Chapter XXVIII 14 min 63 Volume II. Chapter XXIX 10 min 64 Volume II. Chapter XXX 14 min 65 Volume II. Chapter XXXI 15 min 66 Volume II. Chapter XXXII 10 min 67 Volume II. Chapter XXXIII 7 min 68 Volume II. Chapter XXXIV 20 min 69 Volume II. Chapter XXXV 17 min 70 Volume II. Chapter XXXVI 12 min 71 Volume II. Chapter XXXVII 16 min 72 Volume III. Chapter I 10 min 73 Volume III. Chapter II 5 min 74 Volume III. Chapter III 11 min 75 Volume III. Chapter IV 12 min 76 Volume III. Chapter V 8 min 77 Volume III. Chapter VI 13 min 78 Volume III. Chapter VII 7 min 79 Volume III. Chapter VIII 8 min 80 Volume III. Chapter IX 14 min 81 Volume III. Chapter X 10 min 82 Volume III. Chapter XI 10 min 83 Volume III. Chapter XII 13 min 84 Volume III. Chapter XIII 9 min 85 Volume III. Chapter XIV 12 min 86 Volume III. Chapter XV 7 min 87 Volume III. Chapter XVI 15 min 88 Volume III. Chapter XVII 14 min 89 Volume III. Chapter XVIII 17 min 90 Volume III. Chapter XIX 11 min 91 Volume III. Chapter XX 17 min 92 Volume III. Chapter XXI 16 min 93 Volume III. Chapter XXII 9 min 94 Volume III. Chapter XXIII 12 min 95 Volume III. Chapter XXIV 10 min 96 Volume III. Chapter XXV 11 min 97 Volume III. Chapter XXVI 12 min 98 Volume III. Chapter XXVII 19 min 99 Volume III. Chapter XXVIII 13 min 100 Volume III. Chapter XXIX 11 min 101 Volume III. Chapter XXX 10 min 102 Volume III. Chapter XXXI 13 min 103 Volume III. Chapter XXXII 13 min 104 Volume III. Chapter XXXIII 10 min 105 Volume III. Chapter XXXIV 7 min 106 Volume III. Chapter XXXV 10 min
