Review: Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell
This book is written by Elizabeth Gaskell who also wrote “North and South” which I love. I have to admit I watched the mini series with Richard Armitage before I read the book and that is probably part of the reason why I love that book so much. As with “Sylvia’s Lovers” it is very much a slow burn and I don’t usually go for that, but the ending always picks up for me in her books. Anyway, “Sylvia’s Lovers” is about a young girl named Sylvia. She lives with her parents on a seaside farm in England in the late 18th century. Her cousin Philip falls in love with her, but Sylvia wants nothing to do with him and finds him annoying and almost repugnant. Then one day a sailor comes into town. He is brave and handsome and Sylvia falls head over heels in love with him. He returns the favor and they are to be married. But certain events stand in their way and we follow these characters as they struggle to overcome these obstacles. The dialogue is written in dialect, whi...