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Sylvia's Lovers

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Sylvia's Lovers

Contributors:

By (Author) Elizabeth Gaskell
Edited by Shirley Foster
Introduction by Shirley Foster
Notes by Shirley Foster

ISBN:

9780140434224

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Imprint:

Penguin Classics

Publication Date:

28th November 1996

UK Publication Date:

28th November 1996

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Main Subject:
Dewey:

823.8

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

528

Dimensions:

Width 129mm, Height 197mm, Spine 22mm

Weight:

365g

Description

Elizabeth Gaskell's only historical novel, Sylvia's Lovers, is set in 1790 in the seaside town of Monkshaven (Whitby) where press-gangs wreak havoc by seizing young men for service in the Napoleonic wars. One of their victims is whaling harpooner, Charley Kinraid, whose charm and vivacity have captured the heart of Sylvia Robson. But Sylvia's devoted cousin, Philip Hepburn, hopes to marry her himself and, in order to win her, deliberately withholds crucial information with devastating consequences. With its themes of suffering, unrequited love, and the clash between desire and duty, Sylvia's Lovers is one of the most powerfully moving of all Gaskell's novels, reputedly described by its author as the saddest story I ever wrote'.

Author Bio

Elizabeth Gaskell wrote much social and realist fiction during the nineteenth century, having attracted the attention of Dickens when she wrote for his journal Household Works Shirley Foster is a Senior Lecturer in English and American Literature at the University of Sheffield. She has published widely, notably on Victorian women's fiction, Edith Wharton and female travel literature. Shirley Foster is a Senior Lecturer in English and American Literature at the University of Sheffield. She has published widely, notably on Victorian women's fiction, Edith Wharton and female travel literature.

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