Sylvia's Lovers

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-65) was born in London but grew up in the north of England in the village of Knutsford. Her first novel, Mary Barton , was published in 1848, winning the attention of Charles Dickens, and most of her later work was published in his journals. She was also a lifelong friend of Charlotte Brontë, whose biography she wrote. Klappentext A was powerfully moving novel of a young woman caught between the attractions of two very different men, Sylvia's 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 Sylvia's devoted cousin, Philip Hepburn, hopes to marry her himself and, in order to win her, deliberately withholds crucial information-with devastating consequences. The introduction discusses the novel's historical and geographical authenticity, as well as its innovative treatment of gender and human relationships Includes a new chronology, updated further reading, notes, and appendices Zusammenfassung Set in 1790 in Monkshaven, where press-gangs wreak havoc by seizing young men for service in the Napoleonic wars. One of their victims is Charley Kinraid, who captured the heart of Sylvia Robson. But Sylvia's cousin, Philip Hepburn, hopes to marry her himself and, in order to win her, withholds crucial information with devastating consequences.

Product details

• Authors: Shirley Foster, Elizabeth Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Gaskell Elizabeth
• Assisted by: Shirley Foster (Editor), Foster Shirley (Editor), Shirley Foster (Introduction), Foster Shirley (Introduction)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.11.1996
• EAN: 9780140434224
• ISBN: 978-0-14-043422-4
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Historical fiction, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction: general and literary