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great cultural historyOctober 23, 2006 4 out of 4 found this review helpful
A fascinating study of the life of a forgotten but unusual and obsessive Victorian woman, who collected some strange sea creatures in the 1840s and committed herself to finding out how they could be kept alive so that she could observe them. A moving and strange tale.
