A novel whose main theme fossils, "that early is surprising. With me, this theme evokes moments schoolgirl, looking for ammonites on the beaches of the north.
The two heroines of the novel, Elizabeth Philpot, penniless single of the gentry who moved with her sisters at her parents died in Lyme Regis in Dorset, because they are unwanted in their brother and his wife, and Mary Anning, a savage little girl, a lower social class and more penniless, seeking fossils she calls "curio" with his father for a low income to their families, have visibly nothing to reconcile.
Nothing? Ultimately though. Their shared passion for such "prodigious creatures" that are fossils.
Over novel perspectives intersect and reveal two spirits, if different, are animated by the same passion. And even if sometimes things come to separate them, it's a beautiful friendship, sincere and straightforward man who is born between these two kindred spirits.
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can be understood in the way I talk, but I enjoyed this novel. He mingles with descriptions of the sea, interesting questions of a time when science was less advanced than now, scenes from everyday life, interesting characters with opposite characters.
I preferred the parts where I think Elizabeth is expressed, because the issues raised therein are interesting, and because his character is perhaps a little more like mine.
In conclusion, it is a reading that I recommend, both because it is fun, but also because it helps to remember that science has made considerable progress, thanks to some characters a little strange but so necessary.
The two heroines of the novel did exist, even if everything is fictionalized, the plot of the story is real. (Which adds a certain charm I think.)
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