The entail
Subtitle: or, The Lairds of Grippy
By: edited with a new introduction by Ian A. Gordon.
Contributors: Gordon, Ian Alistair, 1908-
Series: Oxford English novels
Publisher: Oxford U.P.
Published: 1970
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
Subjects: Scotland -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Description: In this horrifying study of an obsession, Claude, the eighteenth century Glasgow merchant, with his lust for property ("gear") and land, victimises his family one by one. In the second half of the novel the balance of human values is restored as his widow, "the Leddy", initially a mere chattel, emerges as a matriarch of unflagging resource. The obsessions remain, but they are softened and humanized.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [xix]-xx.