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Remarkable Creatures

By: Tracy Chevalier
Narrated by: Hattie Morahan
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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.

Luckily Mary finds an unlikely champion in prickly, intelligent Elizabeth Philpot, a middle-class spinster who is also fossil-obsessed. Despite their differences in age and background, Mary and Elizabeth discover that, in struggling for recognition, friendship is their strongest weapon.

©2009 Tracy Chevalier (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Romance Heartfelt Paleontology

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This book is delightful, so well read & transported me to Lyme Regis, in times past. A good story, woven into actual facts about Mary Anning’s life & times.

Fabulous Narration🌟

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I loved the story and the reading by Hattie Morahan could not have been better. Each character voice was distinctive. The best audiobook I've purchased so far.

Read beautifully!

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Just one complaint The narrator kept calling SeaTOWN Seaton. very annoying!

Apart from that Great read.

loved it

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This intelligent, vivid and engaging novel is beautifully read by Hattie Morahan, whose command of the voices is evocative and pitch-perfect. A delight from beginning to touching end.

A wonderful story, beautifully read

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Really enjoyed this insight into early fossil hunting through the lives of its 2 main female characters and how the thread of their friendship was woven through the story.

Beautifully written and read.

Beautifully written account of Mary Anning's life

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Would you listen to Remarkable Creatures again? Why?

Yes definitely, it was an engrossing story and awakened an interest in the location and fossils which was unexpected.

What other book might you compare Remarkable Creatures to, and why?

Sense & Sensibility

Which scene did you most enjoy?

I enjoyed the whole book as did my book reading group.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It made me grateful for how far the world has come, in terms of womens' rights, equality, and also our understanding of evolution.

Any additional comments?

I now have all of Tracey Chevalier's books to be read, such a talented author.

Brilliant book.

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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

An interesting and engaging novel which effectively portrays the conflict felt in the nineteenth century between the established belief in creation and the emerging new theory of evolution.

Engaging

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Enjoyed this story about Mary Anning the 19th Century fossil collector and palaeontologist. This was a new subject for me and it was good to understand something about the history of fossil collecting in England.

An interesting book with a good narrator

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Really enjoyed every aspect of this book - a beautifully reimagined story of two important historical women.

Beautifully written, beautifully read

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Really fascinating account of Mary Anning’s life in LymeRegis. It really engages with the rather esoteric world of fossil hunting and weaves a splendid story around a poor family trying to survive and make a living for themselves.

Remarkable Story

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