The Essex Serpent, Sarah Perry classics & poetry In the second volume

In the second volume

Washington Square

achieved their wealth

seeking refuge from physical ugliness in decayed gentility

a tale that moves us to laughter and tears and makes us believe in true love all over again

The Essex Serpent, Sarah Perry classics & poetry In the second volumeMoving between Essex and London, myth and modernity, Cora Seaborne's spirited search for the Essex Serpent encourages all around her to test their allegiance to faith or reason in an age of rapid scientific advancement. At the same time, the novel explores the boundaries of love and friendship and the allegiances that we have to one another. The depth of feeling that the inhabitants of Aldwinter share are matched by their city counterparts as they