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In Essex, a young woman wades into marshy water asking for forgiveness. She forms a surprising bond of science and skepticism with the local pastor (Tom Hiddleston), but when tragedy strikes, locals accuse her of attracting the creature.Īnna Symon, Clio Barnard, Juliette Towhidi The Essex Serpent follows London widow Cora Seaborne (Claire Danes) who moves to Essex to investigate reports of a mythical serpent. The series is written by Anna Symon, directed by Clio Barnard, and stars Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston in lead roles. Cora makes for a fiercely independent heroine around whom all the other characters orbit.The Essex Serpent is a 2022 British gothic romance period drama miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Sarah Perry. Like John Fowles’s The French Lieutenant’s Woman, whose Lyme Regis setting gets a shout-out here, this is another period literary pastiche with a contemporary overlay. In the end, a fatal illness, a knife-wielding maniac, and a fated union with the Essex Serpent will dictate the ultimate happiness of these characters.

When Cora is visited by her late husband’s physician, Luke Garrett, who carries a not-so-secret torch for her, a love triangle of sorts is formed. This puts them at odds with one another, but, strangely, also acts as a powerful source of attraction between them. Cora looks for a scientific rationale for the Essex Serpent, while Ransome dismisses it as superstition. Through friends, she is introduced to William Ransome, the local reverend his devoted wife, Stella and their three children. Scholarly Cora, who is more interested in the study of nature than in womanly matters of dress, tramps about in a man’s tweed coat, determined to find proof of this creature’s existence. In Perry’s ( After Me Comes the Flood) excellent second novel, set in the Victorian era, recent widow Cora Seaborne leaves London with her 11-year-old son, Francis, and loyal companion, Martha, and goes to Colchester, where a legendary, fearsome creature called the Essex Serpent has been sighted.