{"product_id":"sylvias-lovers-9780199656738","title":"Sylvia's Lovers","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e'He's spoilt my life, - he's spoilt it for as long as iver I live on this earth'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe compelling story of an ordinary girl's tragic passion for a man who disappears, \u003cem\u003eSylvia's Lovers\u003c\/em\u003e (1863) is Elizabeth Gaskell's last completed novel. Set in a fictional Whitby at the end of the eighteenth century, the novel is a modern revenge tragedy in which well-intentioned actions have\u003cbr\u003eunforeseen and terrible human consequences. Sylvia is loved by two men, her serious cousin Philip and the charismatic sailor Charley Kinraid. When one of them betrays her, her path in life seems fixed. Against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars and the ever-present threat of press-gangs, the\u003cbr\u003estory darkens when Sylvia's father is roused into vengeful violence. But this trouble proves only the precursor to a greater calamity that will radically alter Sylvia's future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGaskell's novel, richly engaging with the legacy of the Bronte sisters, is her most extensive literary exploration of the tragic depths of unregarded, unhistoric, but vividly imagined lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-2789151\"\u003eElizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13919276\"\u003eFrancis O'Gorman\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.69h x 5.16w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199656738\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199656738\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC004000\"\u003eClassics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrancis O'Gorman\u003c\/strong\u003e has published widely on English literature and the Victorian period. Previous publications include \u003cem\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Victorian Culture\u003c\/em\u003e (2010) and editions of Anthony Trollope's \u003cem\u003eThe Duke's Children\u003c\/em\u003e (with Katherine Mullin), and John Ruskin's \u003cem\u003ePraeterita\u003c\/em\u003e (2012) for Oxford World's Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42684570927341,"sku":"9780199656738","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_82eaaef2-0a77-464b-a9a8-1dc387d8f2d0.jpg?v=1649755578","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/sylvias-lovers-9780199656738","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}