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THE ESSEX SERPENT [TV TIE-IN] - SARAH PERRY KAR...

NOW AN APPLE TV+ SERIES A Washington Post Notable Work of Fiction * Winner of the British Book
Awards Fiction Book of the Year and overall Book of the Year *A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of The
Year * Waterstones Book of the Year * Costa Book Award Finalist ?A novel of almost insolent
ambition?lush and fantastical  a wild Eden behind a garden gate...it's part ghost story and
part natural history lesson  part romance and part feminist parable. I found it so transporting
that 48 hours after completing it  I was still resentful to be back home.? ?New York Times
London  1893. When Cora Seaborne's brilliant  domineering husband dies  she steps into her new
life as a widow with as much relief as sadness: her marriage was an unhappy one  and she never
suited the role of society wife. Seeking refuge in fresh air and open space  she leaves the
metropolis for coastal Essex  accompanied by her inquisitive and obsessive eleven-year-old son
Francis  and the boy's nanny  Martha  her fiercely protective friend. Once there  they hear
rumors that after nearly three hundred years  the mythical Essex Serpent  a fearsome creature
that once roamed the marshes  has returned. When a young man is mysteriously killed on New
Year's Eve  the community's dread transforms to terror. Cora  a keen amateur naturalist with no
patience for religion or superstition  is immediately enthralled  certain that what locals
think is a magical sea beast may be a previously undiscovered species. Eager to investigate 
she is introduced to parish vicar William Ransome  who is equally suspicious of the rumors but
for different reasons: a man of faith  he is convinced the alarming reports are caused by moral
panic  a flight from the correct and righteous path. As Cora and William attempt to discover
the truth about the Essex Serpent's existence  these seeming opposites find themselves
inexorably drawn together in an intense relationship that will change both of them in ways
entirely unexpected. And as they search for answers  Cora's London past follows her to the
coast  with striking consequences. Told with exquisite grace and intelligence  The Essex
Serpent masterfully explores questions of science and religion  skepticism and faith  but it is
most of all a celebration of love  and the many different?and surprising?guises it can take.

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