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The Essex Serpent is a novel by Sarah Perry, released in 2016. Set in 1893, it tells the story of Cora Seaborne, a recently widowed woman with a burning interest in the natural sciences. Escaping London, she visits a small village in the Essex countryside.
Plot. After being widowed when her wealthy, abusive husband dies of throat cancer, Cora Seaborne decides to ignore the trappings of her London society life and take up amateur palaeontology.
- Sarah Perry
- 2016
The Essex Serpent Summary & Study Guide includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis, quotes, character descriptions, themes, and more.
May 19, 2022 · Enticed by rumours of a mythical creature haunting the Blackwater marshes in Essex, England, recently widowed Cora Seaborne (Claire Danes) leaves London for the village of Aldwinter. Cora is chasing her dream of becoming an amateur palaeontologist and believes that science can explain the creature while also allaying the fears of the ...
May 17, 2022 · Enticed by rumours of a mythical creature haunting the Blackwater marshes in Essex, England, recently widowed Cora Seaborne (Claire Danes) leaves London for the village of Aldwinter.
Prologue Summary: “New Year’s Eve”. A drunk young man approaches the banks of the Blackwater. He decides to swim in the “slow and dark” (9) estuary. He undresses and enters the water, but “the estuary surface shifts” (9), pulsing and throbbing. The man is immediately sobered.
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May 27, 2016 · Since the discovery on New Year's morning of a drowned man down on the Blackwater marshes - naked, his head turned almost 180 degrees, a look of dread in his wide open eyes - the Essex Serpent had ceased to be merely a device to keep children in check, and had begun to stalk the streets.
