Sylvia's Lovers
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- Paperback
528 pages
- Release Date
28 November 1996
Summary
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 devastat…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140434224 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140434224 |
| Author: | Elizabeth Gaskell, Shirley Foster |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 28 November 1996 |
| Weight: | 366g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 131mm x 25mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
Elizabeth Gaskell
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.
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