The main character, sylvia, grew up in north england at the end of the 18th century. Read sylvias lovers by elizabeth gaskell available from rakuten kobo. The compelling story of an ordinary girls tragic passion for a man who disappears, sylvias lovers 1863 is elizabeth gaskells last completed novel. Sylvias lovers by elizabeth gaskell, francis ogorman. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as readers of literature.
She is perhaps best known for her biography of charlotte bronte. Sylvias lovers kindle edition by gaskell, elizabeth cleghorn. Sylvias lovers illustrated with notes and biography. Audio download librivox free stuff in these categories literature european classics. Sylvias lovers by elizabeth gaskell, good condition, henry frowde oxford university press.
Gaskells last novel is set in whitby in the 1790s, the time of the napoleonic wars. The story begins in the 1790s in the fictional coastal town of monkshaven against the background of the practice of impressments during the early phases of the napoleonic wars. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Now, it is time to go into sylvias disillusionment with kinraid. The book was written in 1863, after the industrial revolution had transformed england, and harks back somewhat nostalgically to a vanished, largely rural, age. She, however, meets and falls in love with charlie kinraid, a sailor on a whaling vessel.
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