Sylvia's Lovers

Second Edition

Elizabeth Gaskell
Edited by Francis O'Gorman

Oxford World's Classics

• Introduction considers the positioning of the novel in relation to other contemporary Victorian writers, in particular the Brontes.
• Two appendices on time in the novel and the press-gang ballads that inform the plot.
• Rich explanatory notes informed by detailed knowledge of Whitby and the real-life places and people on which Gaskell drew.
• Introduction by Francis O'Gorman.
• Note on the Text with full manuscript, publication, and reception history.

New to this Edition:

• A new edition of Gaskell's tragic novel that provides the fullest contextual account of her literary influences and the historical background to the novel's setting.
• New account of the manuscript, textua,l and publication history, and reception of the novel.
• Up-to-date Bibliography.
• Fuller chronology.
• Two new appendices on time in the novel and the press-gang ballads that inform the plot.
• Newly researched explanatory notes.
• Re-set text of the novel.

Sylvia's Lovers

Second Edition

Elizabeth Gaskell
Edited by Francis O'Gorman

Oxford World's Classics

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Sylvia's Lovers

Second Edition

Elizabeth Gaskell
Edited by Francis O'Gorman

Oxford World's Classics

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