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Sylvia's Lovers (1863) is a novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, which she called "the saddest story I ever wrote". [1] Plot. The novel begins in the 1790s in the coastal town of Monkshaven (modeled on Whitby, England) [1] against the background of the practice of impressment during the early phases of the Napoleonic Wars.
- Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- 1863
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5 set 2023 · Sylvia's Lover is one of the least known novels of Elizabeth Gaskell, first published weekly in Cornhill magazine in 1863. The story revolves around Sylvia Robson and the two men in her life: Philip, her cousin -and later, her husband, and Charlie Kinraid, the one she fell in love with.
You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Sylvia's Lovers -- Complete Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Posting Date: August 14, 2009 [EBook #4537] Release Date: October, 2003 First Posted: February 4, 2002 [Last updated: June 17, 2012] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO ...
The compelling story of an ordinary girl’s tragic passion for a man who disappears, Sylvia’s Lovers (1863) is Elizabeth Gaskell’s last completed novel. Set in a fictional Whitby at the end of the eighteenth century, the novel is a modern revenge tragedy in which well-intentioned actions have unforeseen and terrible human consequences.
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...
