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Sylvia's lovers

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.

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  • "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."@en
  • "Gaskell described Sylvia's Lovers as the saddest story" she'd ever written. Set during the French Revolutionary Wars, Sylvia is a heroine loved by two men: one a sailor and the other her cousin. Her private world is damaged by public events, and Sylvia develops from a willful girl into a woman changed by suffering."
  • "This tragic tale from Elizabeth Gaskell follows the wartime love affairs of the title character. After her true love is believed to have perished at sea, Sylvia seeks stability in a loveless arranged marriage. But does her husband know more about her first lover's fate than he is admitting?"@en
  • "Set in the whaling port of Monkshaven in Yorkshire during the French Revolutionary wars, the heroine Sylvia is loved by two men of completely different character - the bold sailor Charley Kinraid and the cautious and conventional Philip Hepburn, who idolizes her. In Mrs Gaskell's novel, the war mirrors the private violence which disrupts the lives of her characters."
  • "Sylvia's Lovers (1863) is a novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell, which she called "the saddest story I ever wrote". The novel begins in the 1790s in the town of Monkshaven. Sylvia Robson lives with her parents on a farm, and is loved by her cousin Philip. She, however, meets and falls in love with Charlie Kinraid. When Kinraid goes back to his ship, he is press-ganged (a scene witnessed by Philip). Philip does not tell Sylvia of the incident and, believing her lover is dead, Sylvia eventually marries her cousin and they have a daughter. Inevitably, Kinraid returns to claim Sylvia and s."@en
  • "Love and marriage among whale fishers and other humble people in Whitby during the French Wars."@en

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  • "Livres électroniques"
  • "Juvenile literature"@en
  • "Sylvia's lovers"
  • "Romance"
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  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
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  • "Classic fiction"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
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  • "Love stories"@en
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  • "Les amoureux de Sylvia : roman anglais"
  • "Sylvia's lovers"@en
  • "Sylvia's lovers"
  • "Sylvia's lovers. With a preface by Thomas Seccombe & illustrations by M.V. Wheelhouse"@en
  • "茜尔薇和她的情人"
  • "Sylvia's lovers : by Mrs. Gaskell"@en
  • "Silvia's Freier : Roman"
  • "Sylvia's lovers, by Mrs. Gaskell"@en
  • "Sylvia's lovers. Introduction by Arthur Pollard"@en
  • "Qian'erwei he ta de qing ren"
  • "Silvia's lovers"@en
  • "Silvia's lovers"
  • "Les amoureux de Sylvia"
  • "Xi er wei he ta de qing ren"
  • "Sylvia's lovers a novel"@en
  • "Sylvia's lovers, etc"@en
  • "Sylvia's lovers, etc"
  • "Sylvias lovers"
  • "Les Amoureux de Sylvia, roman anglais traduit"
  • "Sylvia's lovers : etc"@en
  • "Sylvia's lovers : etc"
  • "Sylvia's Lovers. Introd. by Arthur Pollard"@en
  • "Sylvia's lovers. In three volumes. Second edition"
  • "Sylvia's lovers. In three volumes. Second edition"@en
  • "Sylviaʹs lovers, etc"
  • "Sylvia's lovers : a novel"@en
  • "Los Amores de Sylvia"
  • "西尔薇和她的情人"
  • "Sylvia's lovers : Mrs. Gaskell"
  • "Los amores de Sylvia"
  • "Los amores de Sylvia"@es
  • "Les amoureux de Sylvia. Roman anglais, traduit ... par E.D. Forgues"@en
  • "Les amoureux de Sylvia. Roman anglais, traduit ... par E.D. Forgues"
  • "Sylvia's lovers : Introd. by Arthur Pollard"
  • "Sylvia's lovers (Mrs. Gaskell)"@en
  • "Sylvia's lovers (Mrs. Gaskell)"
  • "Sylvia's lovers : n.p"@en
  • "Sylvia's lovers, by Mrs Gaskell"
  • "Sylvia's lovers. : By Mrs. Gaskell ... In three volumes"@en
  • "Sylvia's lovers in three volumes"@en
  • "Sylvia's lovers : [1 page of the novel]"@en
  • "Sylvia's lovers etc"@en
  • "Sylvia's lowers"
  • "Sylvia's lovers in 3 volumes"
  • "Sylvia's lovers [sound recording]"
  • "Sylvia's Freier : Roman"
  • "Loa Amores de Sylvia"
  • "Sylvia's lovers : with an introd"
  • "Sylvia's lovers : [incomplete printer's copy of the novel]"@en
  • "Sylvia's lovers. (With an introduction by Mrs. Ellis H. Chadwick.)"@en
  • "Sylvia's Lovers"@en
  • "Sylvia's Lovers"
  • "Les Amoureux de Sylvia : roman anglais"
  • "Sylvia's lover"
  • "Les amoureux de Sylvia : roman"
  • "Xi'erwei he ta de qing ren"
  • "Sylvia's lovers : [novel]"
  • "Sylvia's lovers; a novel"@en
  • "Sylvian kosijat"@fi

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