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pscot

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8. Hi Hermetic
Sun Jun 10, 2018, 10:16 PM
Jun 2018

I'm reading The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry. Someone recced it here a while back. It's very good. It feels true to the late Victorian time it evokes. It's wise book about important things like love and myth and science and the unexpected turning in human relationships Highly recommended.

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