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by Elizabeth Gaskell (Author) "On the north-eastern shores of England there is a town called Monkshaven, containing at the present day about fifteen thousand inhabitants ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 560 pages
  • Publisher: Phoenix; New edition edition (7 Jul 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0460877836
  • ISBN-13: 978-0460877831
  • Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.2 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,010,978 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Set on the whaling port of Monkshaven, the plot of Sylvia's Lovers unravels the unscrupulous activities of press-gangs. Sylvia's lover is carried off by a press-gang, but writes to her, promising constancy. Unfortunately, the letter is entrusted to Sylvia's cousin, Philip, who keeps it from her in order to marry her himself. Years later Charley returns, and Philip's treachery is discovered, withdisastrous consequences.


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The most comprehensive paperback edition available Includes introduction, notes, selected criticism, further reading, text summary and chronology of Elizabeth Gaskell's life and times Reset with wide B format pages to give generous margins for notes An important addition to, and finally completing the Gaskell series in Everyman
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5.0 out of 5 stars A tragic tale of doomed lovers, 26 Mar 2009
By Mr. Paul R. Brodrick "Brodders" (Bromsgrove UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sylvia's Lovers (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)
This historical novel, set in Whitby at the end of the 18th century but written in the middle of the 19th century, could be seen as Mrs Gaskell's 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles', featuring as it does characters whose lives are torn apart by misunderstandings and fate. Sylvia loves Charley Kinraid but instead marries her cousin Philip, believing Kinraid to have been taken by a press gang or lost at sea. But she can never love Philip in the way she does Kinraid and when she discovers it was Philip's duplicity that led her to believe Kinraid was dead she cannot forgive him. Philip then abandons her to fight in the war against the French in Aden, later to return disfigured and destitute, living in abject poverty until fate finally reveals his presence to Sylvia only when he is mortally wounded. Only then does she find it in her heart to forgive him, having already been forsaken by the faithless Kinraid.
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5.0 out of 5 stars my favourite ever book (and i've read lots of them!!), 7 Jun 2008
By mary-jane (england) - See all my reviews
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this is a true classic in every sense....beautiful characters, tragedy and joy, elation and despair...it is emotional rollercoaster in book and i highly recommend it. Don't let the size put you off, it is brilliant throughout
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6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Really Touching, 19 Mar 2007
This review is from: Sylvia's Lovers (Oxford World's Classics) (Paperback)
This was the first Gaskell book I read and I was not disappointed. Gaskell has written in such a way you can't help but feel Sylvia's emotions. Even when we're certain she's acting in a way we would not advise, as readers we're made to sympathise with Sylvia. I honestly have to say though, had I been a character in this novel and found out Phillip's deception, I would have put a bullet through his heart, love is supposedly selfless, Phillip's love is selfish, I can only fault Gaskell by making Phillip the `hero'. He just came across as whiny and irritating to me.
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