Remarkable Creatures

  • Author Tracy Chevalier
  • Narrator Hattie Morahan
  • Publisher W. F. Howes Ltd
  • Run Time 9 hours and 15 minutes
  • Format Audio
  • Genre Historical fiction.
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I don’t remember there ever being a time when I weren’t out upon beach. Mam used to say the window was open when I was born, and the first thing I saw when they held me up was the sea.

Mary Anning may be young and uneducated, but she has “the eye”. Scouring the windswept Jurassic coast near Lyme Regis, she find the fossils nobody else can, making discoveries that will shake the scientific world of the early 19th century. But science is a male-dominated arena, and there are many who disapprove…

She finds an unlikely champion in prickly Elizabeth Philpot: unmarried, middle-aged and middle class, and a fellow fossil enthusiast. If they can weather differences in their age and standing, and overcome professional envy, will true friendship prove the rarest find of all?

“A stunning story.” GUARDIAN

“Vivid and engrossing.” FINANCIAL TIMES

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A really interesting and well written and read story.
PBee 11/03/2025
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A touching interpretation of the early life of Mary Anning, the 19th century fossil hunter whose discoveries led to a fundamental shift in our understanding of life on earth. Brilliant narration ranging from working class West Country accents to posh Oxford academics. Itu2019s a heart wrenching take on the challenges faced by a young woman trying to make a living in an age of men, covering love, friendship, loss, poverty and ambition.
kellifb 09/06/2022

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