Sylvia's Lovers
A Victorian, 19th Century, Classics book. But between the busy heads and over-reaching arms he could see...
'The saddest story I ever wrote.' Mrs GaskellSylvia's Lovers is set during the French Revolutionary Wars in the remote whaling-port of Monkshaven in Yorkshire. The sea dominates the lives of the inhabitants: whalers returning from their long and dangerous trips to Greenland bring crowds to the quayside, every local man has tales to recount of his exploits at sea, and smuggling is rife. The people of Monkshaven hate the French, but they live in greater and more immediate fear of the dreaded incursions of the callous press-gang, who snatch sailors returning from whaling trip before they have even spoken to their friends or families.In Mrs Gaskell's provincial England war is seen to mirror a private violence which has already disrupted the lives...
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- Pages: 560 pages
- ISBN: 9780192815712 / 192815717
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All the morning since he got up he had been trying to fight through his dutiesleaning against a hopea hope that first had bowed, and then had broke as soon as he really tried its weight. There was not a sign of Sylvias liking for him to be gathered from the most careful recollection of the past evening. It was of no use thinking there was. It was better to give it up altogether and at once. But what if he could not? What if the thought of her was bound up with his life; and that once torn out by his own free will, the very roots of his heart must come... The morning brought more peace if it did not entirely dissipate fear. Elizabeth Gaskell, Sylvia's Lovers // But between the busy heads and over-reaching arms he could see Charley and Sylvia, sitting close together, talking and listening more than eating. She was in a new strange state of happiness not to be reasoned about, or accounted for, but in a state of more exquisite feeling than she had ever experienced before; Elizabeth Gaskell, Sylvia's Lovers //
I really enjoyed this book, tragic romance, Napoleonic wars and all set in Whitby! (Though called Monkshaven it was so obviously Whitby every time they walked up the stairs to the church it made me irrationally happy) The books started strongly with the description of the town and the fear of the press gangs. It got a little slow in... After reading reviews was a bit unsure about this book as I had enjoyed all the other Elizabeth Gaskell books I had read but was thrilled to find it just as good if not better. There was quite a slow start with a lengthy description of the Press Gang but I did find that interesting. The rest of the book moved along at a good pace with... From a masculine standpoint, *Sylvias Lovers* is not a promising title for a novel. It sounds like a Harlequin romance when, in fact, it is a marvellous evocation of life in a rugged Yorkshire whaling town in the late 1700s. The English are at war with the French (again) and the vividly depicted harbour town bustles with whaling activity...
