Sylvia\'s Lovers  Complete

Sylvia\'s Lovers Complete

By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Subjects: Man-woman relationships, Man-woman relationships in fiction, Fiction, romance, historical, Deception, Fiction, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Impressment, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, historical, Women in fiction, Modern Literature, Social life and customs, Fiction, historical, general, Women, England, fiction, Fiction, romance, historical, general, Whaling, Italy in fiction, Interpersonal relations, Marital conflict, Fiction, romance, general

Description: A 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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