![]() ![]() Above all, it is a revealing portrait of the intricate and resilient nature of female friendship. ![]() Remarkable Creatures is a stunning novel of how one woman’s gift transcends class and gender to lead to some of the most important discoveries of the nineteenth century. ![]() But Mary must face powerful prejudice from a male scientific establishment, not to mention vicious gossip and the heartbreak of forbidden love. Then - in prickly, clever Elizabeth Philpot, a fossil-obsessed middle-class spinster - she finds a champion, and a rival.ĭespite their differences in class and age, Mary and Elizabeth’s loyalty and passion for the truth must win out. ![]() Her discovery of strange fossilized creatures in the cliffs of Lyme Regis sets the world alight. In the early nineteenth century, a windswept beach along the English coast brims with fossils for those with the eye…įrom the moment she’s struck by lightning as a baby, it is clear Mary Anning is different. Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier - Reading Guide: 9780452296725 - : Books From the New York Times bestselling novelist, a stunning historical novel that follows the story of Mary Anning and Elizabeth Philpot, two extraordinary. A stunning novel of female friendship, forbidden love and evolution from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring. ![]()
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