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The Essex Serpent
- Subgenre
- romance
- Edition year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.5 · 116 ratingsExternal reader rating · Hardcover
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Set in 1893, widow and amateur naturalist Cora Seaborne relocates to the Essex marshlands with her young son Francis, drawn by rumours that the mythical Essex Serpent has resurfaced in the small coastal parish of Aldwinter. Convinced it may be an undiscovered species, Cora sets out to investigate, where she encounters William Ransome, the local vicar. Their opposing worldviews—Cora's scientific rationalism against Ransome's religious faith—pull them inexorably together and repeatedly apart, transforming both their lives in unexpected ways.
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- Single Parent Romance: “When Cora Seaborne and her son Francis reach Essex” source
- Gothic: “London 1893: When Cora Seaborne and her son Francis reach Essex, rumours spread from further up the estuary that the mythical Essex Serpent, once said to roam the marshes claiming lives, has returned to the coastal parish of Aldwinter.” source
- Slow Burn: “They find themselves inexorably drawn together and torn apart, eventually changing each other's lives in ways entirely unexpected.” source
- Strong Heroine: “Cora, a keen amateur naturalist, is enthralled, convinced that it may be a previously undiscovered species.” source
- Small Town Romance: “the coastal parish of Aldwinter” source
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