剧情简介：Sylvia's Lovers (1863) is a novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell, which she called "the saddest story I ever wrote". The heroine, Sylvia Robson lives happily with her parents on a farm, and is passionately loved by her rather dull Quaker cousin Philip. She, however, falls in love with Charlie Kinraid, a dashing sailor on a whaling vessel, and they become secretly engaged. But Kinraid is forcibly enlisted in the Royal Navy by a press gang a scene witnessed by Philip. Out of kindness, he does not tell Sylvia of the incident nor give her Charlie's parting message. Believing her lover is dead, Sylvia eventually marries Philip. Later, Kinraid reappears, When Sylvia is informed by Kinraid that Philip knew everything, she is furious.Philip leaves her in despair and joins the army under a pseudonym, and ends up fighting in the Napoleonic wars. At last, when Sylvia realizes she is actually in love with Philip, he horribly disfigured by a shipboard explosion, then fatally injured while saving their daughter.
类型：原版书 / 英文原版
作者：E.C. / Gaskell
