[PDF] The Works Of Mrs Gaskell Sylvias Lovers Etc eBook

Author : Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Publisher : Arkose Press
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 42,5 MB
Release : 2015-10-31
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ISBN : 9781345687194

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Author : Elizabeth Gaskell
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 28,94 MB
Release : 2004-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0141921986

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Elizabeth Gaskell's only historical novel, Sylvia's Lovers, is set in 1790 in the seaside town of Monkshaven (Whitby) where press-gangs wreak havoc by seizing young men for service in the Napoleonic wars. One of their victims is whaling harpooner, 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. With its themes of suffering, unrequited love, and the clash between desire and duty, Sylvia's Lovers is one of the most powerfully moving of all Gaskell's novels, reputedly described by its author as 'the saddest story I ever wrote'.

Author : Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 19,26 MB
Release : 2016-05-19
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ISBN : 9781357323882

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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Page : 592 pages
File Size : 28,73 MB
Release : 1906
Category : Fiction
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Book Excerpt: ve of doing nothing, prevents him from using. This ill-will, to be sure, is mostly of a negative kind; its most common form of manifestation is in absence of speech or action, a sort of torpid and genteel ignoring all unpleasant neighbours; but really the whale-fisheries of Monkshaven had become so impertinently and obtrusively prosperous of late years at the time of which I write, the Monkshaven ship-owners were growing so wealthy and consequential, that the squires, who lived at home at ease in the old stone manor-houses scattered up and down the surrounding moorland, felt that the check upon the Monkshaven trade likely to be inflicted by the press-gang, was wisely ordained by the higher powers (how high they placed these powers I will not venture to say), to prevent overhaste in getting rich, which was a scriptural fault, and they also thought that they were only doing their duty in backing up the Admiralty warrants by all the civil power at their disposal, whenever they were called upon, and whenever theyRead More

Author : A. W. Ward
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Page : 580 pages
File Size : 29,39 MB
Release : 2015-07-14
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ISBN : 9781331416425

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Excerpt from The Works of Mrs. Gaskell, Vol. 6 of 8: With Introductions; Sylvia's Lovers, Etc In speaking of one of the most fascinating of Mrs. Gaskell's stories, I venture once more to deprecate what, for want of a better phrase, I may call the impolicy of preferences. Some years ago, I remember, when it fell to my lot to have to perform the agreeable task of opening a free library in one of the suburban districts of Manchester, I was, in the middle of the solemnity, somewhat suddenly, as it seemed to me, called upon to "take out the first book." This request imposed on me the necessity of choosing a favourite without further ado; and I flatter myself that I was not wholly unequal to the occasion when I at once named "The Heart of Midlothian." Man is, however, so constituted that, no sooner were the words out of my mouth, than I began to think of this and that objection which might be urged against the claims of Sir Walter Scott's true and touching story to be considered his master-piece in prose fiction. And I went home congratulating myself on the fact that it is no part of the real functions of a critic to try to arrange the several works of an eminent writer, or even the names of eminent men of letters and science themselves, in those tables or ladders of comparative merit in which Lord Byron and the late Professor Tait took so much private delight. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.