Remarkable Creatures / Chevalier Tracy / Книга на Английском / Удивительные создания / Шевалье Трейси (Chevalier Tracy); The Borough Press, 2014

Tracy Chevalier's 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.

A revealing portrait of the intricate and resilient nature of female friendship.

In the early nineteenth century, a windswept beach along the English coast brims with fossils for those with the eye…

From the moment she's struck by lightning as a baby, it is clear Mary Anning is marked for greatness. When she uncovers unknown dinosaur fossils in the cliffs near her home, she sets the scientific world alight, challenging ideas about the world's creation and stimulating debate over our origins. In an arena dominated by men, however, Mary is soon reduced to a serving role, facing prejudice from the academic community, vicious gossip from neighbours, and the heartbreak of forbidden love. Even nature is a threat, throwing bitter cold, storms, and landslips at her.

Luckily Mary finds an unlikely champion in prickly, intelligent Elizabeth Philpot, a middle-class spinster who is also fossil-obsessed. Their relationship strikes a delicate balance between fierce loyalty and barely suppressed envy. Despite their differences in age and background, Mary and Elizabeth discover that, in struggling for recognition, friendship is their strongest weapon.

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Параметр	Значение
ISBN	9780007178384
Автор(ы)	Chevalier Tracy
Вес	0.25
Возрастное ограничение	16+
Год издания	2014
Жанр	проза на иностранном языке
Издатель	The Borough Press
Издательство	The Borough Press
Кол-во страниц	352
Количество книг	1
Количество страниц	352
Обложка	мягкая обложка
Тип обложки	мягкая