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   Jan 1, 2022 · 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.

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   Jan 1, 2022 · While admiring the sites, Cora learns of an intriguing rumor that has arisen further up the estuary, of a fearsome creature said to roam the marshes claiming human lives. After nearly 300 years, the mythical Essex Serpent is said to have returned, taking the life of a young man on New Year's Eve.

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   Her latest novel, The Essex Serpent, was a number one bestseller, Waterstones Book of the Year 2016 and both Fiction book of the Year and Overall Book of the Year 2017 at the British Book...

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   • ISBN: 178125544X, 9781781255445

   • Author: Sarah Perry
   • Publisher: Serpent's Tail, 2016

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   Set in the Victorian era, in the year 1893, it tells the tale of Cora Seaborne, a woman relishing her recent freedom from an abusive husband — she moves from London to a small village in Essex and becomes intrigued by the idea that it might be haunted by a mythological sea serpent.

   • Author: Sarah Perry

   • Publish Year: 2016

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   May 27, 2016 · February 26, 2020. Set in London in 1893, Cora Seaborne’s husband dies, she steps into her new life as a widow with as much relief as sadness. Retreating to the countryside with her son, she encounters rumours of the Essex Serpent, a creature of folklore said to have returned to roam the marches.

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   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...

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   Who wrote the Essex Serpent?

   • The Essex Serpent is a 2016 novel by British author Sarah Perry. The book is the second novel by Perry and was released on 27 May 2016 in the United Kingdom through Serpent's Tail, an imprint of Profile Books.

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   Is the Essex Serpent a good book?

   • The Essex Serpent is a magnificent work that uses the form of the Gothic novel to explore real-world and very human concerns. It may be set in the late 19th century, but it resonates with issues just as compelling as those of the 21st. Superstition and faith versus science and fact. The nature and limits of friendship, the moral limits of medicine.

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   How many copies did the Essex Serpent sell in 2021?

   • In February 2021, publishing industry title The Bookseller reported that The Essex Serpent had sold 359,747 copies across all editions, according to Nielsen BookScan data. The Essex Serpent won the British Book Awards for 2016 Book of the Year and Waterstones Book of the Year 2016.

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   Is the Essex Serpent a monster?

   • The Essex Serpent is no monster, it is merely an idea - or a symbol. Make of this serpent what you will: but do not let it rule you.❃❁❃This wonderful book!

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   What is the story of the Essex serpent about?

   • You might say The Essex Serpent is about the strivings and fears of the child within. When we’re children we have no problem whatsoever believing that a huge winged beast might live in the dark waters behind the marshlands if that’s what we’re told and what legend believes.

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   What does the Essex Serpent symbolize?

   • The villagers see the mysterious Essex serpent as a visitation for wrongdoing. Guilt gnaws at the human conscience and some reckon only a fitting sacrifice can purge the village of the serpent's curse. Then, there is the serpent hoisted on a staff, which is a symbol of the medical profession.

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   The Essex Serpent. London 1893. When Cora Seaborne's controlling husband dies, she steps into her new life as a widow with as much relief as sadness. Along with her son Francis - a curious,...