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Remarkable creatures / Tracy Chevalier.
from the moment she's struck by lightning as a baby, it is clear Mary Anning is different. Though poor and uneducated, she discovers on the windswept beaches of the English coast that she has a unique gift: "the eye" to spot fossils no one else can see. When Mary uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton in the cliffs near home, she sets the religious fathers on the edge, the townspeople to 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 uncommon 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. Mary finds an unlikely champion in prickly Elizabeth Philpot, a middle-class spinster recently exiled from London, who shares her passion for 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.
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- ISBN : 9780525951452 (hardcover)
- ISBN : 9780007178377 (hbk)
- ISBN : 0007178379 (hbk)
- ISBN : 9780452296725 (trade pbk)
- Description physique : 312 p. ; 24 cm.
- Éditeur : New York : Dutton, 2010.
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- Philpot, Elizabeth, 1780-1857 > Fiction.
Anning, Mary, 1799-1847 > Fiction.
Fossils > Collection and preservation > England > Lyme Regis > Fiction.
Female friendship > Fiction.
Social classes > England > Fiction.
History > 19th century > England > Fiction.
Discoveries in science > History > 19th century > Fiction.
England > 19th century > Fiction. - Genre :
- General fiction
Biographical fiction.
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Tracy Chevalier is the New York Times bestselling author of five previous novels, including Girl With the Pearl Earring and Burning Bright.