Quotes from book
Sylvia's Lovers

Sylvia's Lovers

Sylvia's Lovers is a novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell, which she called "the saddest story I ever wrote".


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“That kind of patriotism which consists in hating all other nations.”

Sylvia's Lovers, ch. 1 (1863)

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