Remarkable Creatures
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Exiled from 19th century London, Elizabeth Philpot meets Mary Anning who sells fossils outside of her family's shop. Together, the two scour the beaches and fall in love with the curiosities they discover, despite the fact that these strange items (and the...
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Exiled from 19th century London, Elizabeth Philpot meets Mary Anning who sells fossils outside of her family's shop. Together, the two scour the beaches and fall in love with the curiosities they discover, despite the fact that these strange items (and the questions they raise) terrify the townspeople. Inspired by the real lives of Mary Anning and Elizabeth Philpot, Remarkable Creatures is the story of how two women made some of the earliest discoveries of the fossil world at Lyme Regis, England in the early 19th century - and got credit for their discoveries.-
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A voyage of discoveries, a meeting of two remarkable women, and extraordinary time and place enrich bestselling author Tracy Chevalier's enthralling new novelFrom the moment she's struck by lightning as a baby, it is clear that Mary Anning is marked for greatness. On the windswept, fossil-strewn beaches of the English coast, she learns that she has "the eye"-and finds what no one else can see. When Mary uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton in the cliffs near her home, she sets the religious fathers on edge, the townspeople to vicious gossip, and the scientific world alight. In an arena dominated by men, however, Mary is barred from the academic community; as a young woman with unusual interests she is suspected of sinful behavior. Nature is a threat, throwing bitter, cold storms and landslips at her. And when she falls in love, it is with an impossible man.
Luckily, Mary finds an unlikely champion in prickly Elizabeth Philpot, a recent exile from London, who also loves scouring the beaches. Their relationship strikes a delicate balance between fierce loyalty, mutual appreciation, and barely suppressed envy. Ultimately, in the struggle to be recognized in the wider world, Mary and Elizabeth discover that friendship is their greatest ally.
Remarkable Creatures is a stunning novel of how one woman's gift transcends class and social prejudice to lead to some of the most important discoveries of the nineteenth century. Above all, is it a revealing portrait of the intricate and resilient nature of female friendship.
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Autoren-Porträt von Tracy Chevalier
Tracy Chevalier, geb. 1962, wuchs in Washington, D.C., auf. 1984 zog sie nach London, wo sie als Lektorin für Nachschlagewerke arbeitete. 1994 schloss sie ihr Studium 'Creative Writing' an der University of East Anglia ab.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Tracy Chevalier
- 2009, 320 Seiten, Maße: 15,3 x 22,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Books UK
- ISBN-10: 0525951644
- ISBN-13: 9780525951643
Sprache:
Englisch
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