Sylvia's Lovers
of Elizabeth Gaskell, Shirley Foster
Description
A very powerfully moving novel of a young woman caught between the attractions of two very different men, Sylviaâs Lovers is set in the 1790s in an English seaside town. England is at war with France, and press-gangs wreak havoc by seizing young men for service. One of their victims is a whaling harpooner named Charley Kinraid, whose charm and vivacity have captured the heart of Sylvia Robson. But Sylviaâs devoted cousin, Philip Hepburn, hopes to marry her himself and, in order to win her, deliberately withholds crucial informationâwith devastating consequences.The introduction discusses the novel's historical and geographical authenticity, as well as its innovative treatment of gender and human relationshipsIncludes a new chronology, updated further reading, notes, and appendices
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 484 pages
- Publisher Penguin Classics
- Publication Date November 28th 1996
- First Publication 11/06/63
- Language English
- ISBN 9780140434224
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Whitby, Yorkshire, England']
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