Name: Sylvia's Lovers
SKU: 61574918
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Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
ISBN: 9781544800547

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Physical Book

Author

Elizabeth Gaskell

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

496

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

25.4x17.8x2.5 cm

Weight

0.85 kg.

ISBN13

9781544800547

Synopsis "Sylvia's Lovers"

The novel begins in the 1790s in the coastal town of Monkshaven (modeled on Whitby, England) against the background of the practice of impressment during the early phases of the Napoleonic Wars. Sylvia Robson lives happily with her parents on a farm, and is passionately loved by her rather dull Quaker cousin Philip. She, however, meets and falls in love with Charlie Kinraid, a dashing sailor on a whaling vessel, and they become secretly engaged. When Kinraid goes back to his ship, he is forcibly enlisted in the Royal Navy by a press gang, a scene witnessed by Philip. Philip does not tell Sylvia of the incident nor relay to her Charlie's parting message and, believing her lover is dead, Sylvia eventually marries her cousin.

Elizabeth Gaskell

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, née Stevenson (September 29, 1810 - November 12, 1865), often known simply as Mrs. Gaskell, was a Victorian era English novelist and short story writer. Her novels provide a detailed portrait of the lives of many social strata, including the very poor, and as such are of interest to social historians, as well as to literature lovers.

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