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Al asked this question about The Essex Serpent:
Can someone explain the ending to me? Are Cora and Will having an affair?? when she says 'come quickly' at the end is she hoping his wife will die so they can be together??
Robert Blumenthal The author seemed to keep this as unlike the end of a Jane Austen novel as possible--no marriage pact here. It appears that Cora and Will had a deep f…moreThe author seemed to keep this as unlike the end of a Jane Austen novel as possible--no marriage pact here. It appears that Cora and Will had a deep friendship that at least once included benefits. I think the passage about the word cleave best summed it up. They were both deeply attached to each other yet knew they could never be totally together.(less)
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The Essex Serpent
by Sarah Perry
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