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Key ideas from the book
- The novel sets myth and modernity alongside one another in late-nineteenth-century England.
- Cora Seaborne’s search for the Essex Serpent prompts questions about faith and reason.
- Rapid scientific advancement shapes the characters’ understanding of the world around them.
- The story explores the boundaries of love and friendship.
- It considers the courage involved in expressing and understanding desire and fear.
About The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Set at the end of the nineteenth century and inspired by true events, Sarah Perry’s historical novel moves between Essex and London. Cora Seaborne’s search for the Essex Serpent brings questions of myth and modernity into view as people around her weigh faith against reason during a period of rapid scientific advancement.
The story also considers love, friendship, and the ties people share, including the difficulty of expressing and understanding deep desires and fears. It may appeal to readers of literary and Gothic historical fiction, and to book groups interested in the tension between scientific change and belief.
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