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When I read this book, I didn’t even know of the existence of Mary Anning, which was pretty much the same thing that had happened when I read Chevalier’s previous novel, “Girl with a Pearl Earring“, before which I knew nothing about Vermeer. Here, the author showcases a remarkable duo, composed of the afore-mentioned Mary […]
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This month’s Naturalist is Mary Anning, a self-made palaeontologist born to a poor family in 1799 in Lyme Regis, Dorset. Her father sold fossils as an aside to his main activity, cabinet-making, and raised his children (two survived out of ten that were born), Joseph and Mary, on the shores of Lyme Regis, looking for […]
Earth, Wind and Daisies 