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020			_a9780062666376
050	0	0	_aPR6116.E776 _bE87 2016
082	1		_aFIC PER _2
100	1		_aPerry, Sarah _d(1979 -)
245	1	4	_aThe Essex Serpent : _ba novel _c/ Sarah Perry
260			_aNew York _b: Custom House _c, 2017
300			_a416 p. _c; 22 cm
520			_aSet in Victorian London and an Essex village in the 1890's, and enlivened by the debates on scientific and medical discovery which defined the era, The Essex Serpent has at its heart the story of two extraordinary people who fall for each other, but not in the usual way. They are Cora Seaborne and Will Ransome. Cora is a well-to-do London widow who moves to the Essex parish of Aldwinter, and Will is the local vicar. They meet as their village is engulfed by rumours that the mythical Essex Serpent, once said to roam the marshes claiming human lives, has returned. Cora, a keen amateur naturalist is enthralled, convinced the beast may be a real undiscovered species. But Will sees his parishioners' agitation as a moral panic, a deviation from true faith. Although they can agree on absolutely nothing, as the seasons turn around them in this quiet corner of England, they find themselves inexorably drawn together and torn apart.
546			_aEnglish.
650		4	_aWidows _v--Fiction
650		4	_aClergy _v--Fiction
650		4	_aAnimals, Mythical _v--Fiction
651		4	_aGreat Britain _x-History _y-Victoria, 1837-1901 _v--Fiction
655		4	_aGothic fiction
655		4	_aHistorical fiction
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