The Essex Serpent - A Novel

Zusatztext “Sarah Perry’s novel of 19th century England tackles big ideas...reversals and sharp darts of psychological insight combined with a sense of the substance and feeling of late 19th-century ideas in bloom make this a fine novel, both historical and otherwise.” Informationen zum Autor Sarah Perry is the internationally bestselling author of The Essex Serpent, Melmoth, and After Me Comes the Flood . She lives in England. Klappentext Proclaimed as “one of the most memorable historical novels of the past decade” by the Sunday Times ! the rapturous #1 bestseller and Waterstones Book of the Year in the UK arrives in America London! 1893. When Cora Seaborne’s brilliant! domineering husband dies! she steps into her new life as a widow with as much relief as sadness: her marriage was an unhappy one! and she never suited the role of society wife. Seeking refuge in fresh air and open space! she leaves the metropolis for coastal Essex! accompanied by her inquisitive and obsessive eleven-year-old son! Francis! and the boy’s nanny! Martha! her fiercely protective friend.  Once there! they hear rumors that after nearly three hundred years! the mythical Essex Serpent! a fearsome creature that once roamed the marshes! has returned. When a young man is mysteriously killed on New Year’s Eve! the community’s dread transforms to terror. Cora! a keen amateur naturalist with no patience for religion or superstition! is immediately enthralled! certain that what locals think is a magical sea beast may be a previously undiscovered species. Eager to investigate! she is introduced to parish vicar William Ransome! who is equally suspicious of the rumors but for different reasons: a man of faith! he is convinced the alarming reports are caused by moral panic! a flight from the correct and righteous path. As Cora and William attempt to discover the truth about the Essex Serpent’s existence! these seeming opposites find themselves inexorably drawn together in an intense relationship that will change both of them in ways entirely unexpected. And as they search for answers! Cora’s London past follows her to the coast! with striking consequences. Zusammenfassung NOW AN APPLE TV+ SERIES A  Washington Post  Notable Work of Fiction * Winner of the British Book Awards Fiction Book of the Year and overall Book of the Year *A  Kirkus Reviews Best Book of The Year * Waterstones Book of the Year * Costa Book Award Finalist “A novel of almost insolent ambition—lush and fantastical, a wild Eden behind a garden gate...it’s part ghost story and part natural history lesson, part romance and part feminist parable. I found it so transporting that 48 hours after completing it, I was still resentful to be back home.”  —New York Times London, 1893. When Cora Seaborne’s brilliant, domineering husband dies, she steps into her new life as a widow with as much relief as sadness: her marriage was an unhappy one, and she never suited the role of society wife. Seeking refuge in fresh air and open space, she leaves the metropolis for coastal Essex, accompanied by her inquisitive and obsessive eleven-year-old son, Francis, and the boy’s nanny, Martha, her fiercely protective friend.  Once there, they hear rumors that after nearly three hundred years, the mythical Essex Serpent, a fearsome creature that once roamed the marshes, has returned. When a young man is mysteriously killed on New Year’s Eve, the community’s dread transforms to terror. Cora, a keen amateur naturalist with no patience for religion or superstition, is immediately enthralled, certain that what locals think is a magical sea beast may be a previously undiscovered species.  Eager to investigate, she is introduced to parish vicar William Ransome, who is equally suspicious of th...

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"For originality, richness of prose and depth of characterization is unlikely to be bettered this year ... one of the most memorable historical novels of the past decade." - Sunday Times
"Irresistible... you can feel the influences of Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens and Hilary Mantel channeled by Perry in some sort of Victorian séance. This is the best new novel I've read in years." - Daily Telegraph
"Perry's achieved the near impossible...A thing of beauty inside and out... a stunning achievement." - The Independent
"An exquisitely absorbing, old-fashioned page-turner...The Essex Serpent is shot through with such a vivid, lively sense of the period that it reads like Charles Dickens at his most accessible and fans of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell will also find much to love." - Daily Express
"A novel to relish: a work of great intelligence and charm, by a hugely talented author." - Sarah Waters
"The Essex Serpent is Sarah Perry's first book to come across the pond to us from Great Britain, and it is a corker...Even the most minor characters are filled with a particular life, light and love...one of the best, most memorable novels I have read in long years." - Daily Herald
"Astonishing...Perry's prose is rich, textured, and intricate...a thoughtful and elegant book about the human need for knowledge and love, and about the fears and desires we bury." - Vox
"Compulsive...narrative and voice coil together until it is very difficult to stop reading." - The Guardian
"Perry's second novel is a dazzling and intellectually nimble work of Gothic fiction." - San Francisco Gate
"A big, warm, generous novel that wears its considerable wisdom lightly, The Essex Serpent is an absolute pleasure from start to finish-I truly didn't want it to end." - Melissa Harrison, author of At Hawthorn Time
"Sarah Perry's novel of 19th century England tackles big ideas...reversals and sharp darts of psychological insight combined with a sense of the substance and feeling of late 19th-century ideas in bloom make this a fine novel, both historical and otherwise." - Newsday
"Richly enjoyable... Ms. Perry writes beautifully and sometimes agreeably sharply... The Essex Serpent is a wonderfully satisfying novel. Ford Madox Ford thought the glory of the novel was its ability to make the reader think and feel at the same time. This one does just that." - Wall Street Journal
"The most delightful heroine since Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice...Perry creates that delicate illusion of the best historical fiction: an authentic sense of the past-its manners, ideals and speech-that feels simultaneously distant and relevant to us...By the end, The Essex Serpent identifies a mystery far greater than some creature 'from the illuminated margins of a manuscript': friendship." - Washington Post
"A novel of almost insolent ambition--lush and fantastical, a wild Eden behind a garden gate...it's part ghost story and part natural history lesson, part romance and part feminist parable. I found it so transporting that 48 hours after completing it, I was still resentful to be back home." - New York Times
"Everything they're saying is true: sumptuous, beautiful, powerful, engrossing, brilliant." - Nina Stibbe
"Irresistible" - People (Book of the Week)
"Gloriously alive." - NPR

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sarah Perry
• Editore: Harper Collins Usa
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9780062696274
• ISBN: 978-0-06-269627-4
• Pagine: 432
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 210 mm x 30 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Racconti e romanzi storici; Historical fiction, Historical fantasy, United States of America, USA, Occult fiction, Plays, Playscripts, WOMEN'S LITERATURE: LITERATURE/FICTION, FICTION: Literary, LITERATURE: WOMEN'S LITERATURE, FICTION: Historical / General, FICTION: Romance / Paranormal / General, LITERATURE: GENERAL FICTION, FICTION: Gothic, Literature / General Fiction, Literature / Women's Literature, Women's Literature / Literature/Fiction