Sylvia''s Lovers

Name: Sylvia''s Lovers
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
SKU: 9780140434224
Price: 2350 KES
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ISBN: 9780140434224

by Elizabeth Gaskell

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0140434224

ISBN-13 9780140434224

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd

Imprint Penguin Classics

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Nov 28th, 1996

Print length 528 Pages

Weight 372 grams

Dimensions 19.70 x 12.90 x 2.30 cms

Product Classification: Classic fiction: literary and general Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

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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.

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

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