The palace of curiosities
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Word Count
81,500 words, Guess
Page Count
326 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivepalaceofcuriosit0000garl_l0v6
- Internet Archivepalaceofcuriosit0000garl_l8w4
- Internet Archivepalaceofcuriosit0000garl_k8q8
- ISBN-100007492782
- ISBN-100007503849
and 20 more
- ISBN-100007492774
- ISBN-100007492820
- ISBN-139780007492787
- ISBN-139780007503841
- ISBN-139780007492770
- ISBN-139780007492824
- OCLC Control Number818449740
- Better World BooksKO-944-027
- Better World Books9780007492787
- Better World Books9780007492824
- Better World Books9780007492770
- Better World Books9780007503841
- Better World BooksKO-590-338
- Better World BooksKO-539-705
- Better World Booksko-566-279
- Better World BooksKO-690-931
- Better World BooksKO-697-934
- Better World BooksO7-DEQ-502
- Better World BooksKN-799-314
- Open LibraryOL28347746M
Classifications
- DDC823.92
- LCCPR6107.A738 P35 2013
- LCCPR6057
Description
"Before Eve is born, her mother goes to the circus. She swears she hears the lion sigh, just before it leaps... and nine months later when Eve is born, the story goes, she doesn't cry - she meows and licks her paws. When Abel is pulled from the stinking Thames, and the mudlarks search his pockets to divvy up the treasure, his eyes crack open and he coughs up a stream of black water. But, how has he survived a week in that thick stew of human waste? Cast out by Victorian society, Eve and Abel find succour from an unlikely source: they soar to fame as star performers in Professor Josiah Arroner's Palace of Curiosities. And there begins a journey that will entwine their fates forever."--Publisher description.
Description
A luminous and bewitching debut novel that is perfect for fans of Angela Carter. Set in Victorian London, it follows the fortunes of Eve, the Lion-Faced Girl and Abel, the Flayed Man. A magical realism delight.
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