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.Įager 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. 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. 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. When Cora Seaborne’s brilliant, domineering husband dies, she steps into her new life as a widow with as much relief as sadness. I found it so transporting that 48 hours after completing it, I was still resentful to be back home.” – New York Times The Essex Serpent Synopsis
“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.
Most likely I would have stopped reading before the half way mark but for your sakes, readers, I have made it to the other side and can report truthfully. Thankfully I was not alone because many readers apparently have had difficulty getting through the book according to reviews on Goodreads and Amazon. Unfortunately my excitement came to a screeching halt when I started mucking my way through this philosophical book written in 2017 but sounding more like it was written in the Victorian ages. When I discovered that Sarah Perry‘s book, The Essex Serpent, was being made into a tv series for Apple TV I knew I had to review the book for my A to Z Challenge. The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry is currently being made into an Apple TV miniseries starring Claire Danes ( Homeland) and Tom Hiddleston ( Thor).
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