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Wives and daughters left incomplete at her early death. Elizabeth gaskell 18101865 the novel begins in the 1790s in the coastal town of monkshaven. On the northeastern shores of england there is a town called monkshav. Apart from the central storyline involving sylvia, philip and kinraid, there are other characters with their own tragic stories to be told. Sylvias lovers by elizabeth gaskell, ebook global grey. The project gutenberg etext of sylvias lovers, vol. Elizabeth gaskell delivery of this book is amazing she is 19th century novelist. In this book sylvia is carefree teenagers who never see eye eye with her cousin philip but come to realize he has love longest and truer other than her parents. Sylvias lovers complete by elizabeth cleghorn gaskell. Sylvia s lover is carried off by a pressgang, but writes to her, promising constancy. Tell us what you like and well recommend books youll love.
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