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In a far‑future academic world, a chronology mistake turns Charles Darwin’s "On the Origin of Species" into a Dickensian narrative. The novel follows a scholar who challenges this twisted history—and finds that the deeper truth of time may be beyond human control. Through absurd humor and philosophical reflection, the story explores the elasticity of reality, the limits of intellectual authority, and the inevitability of change.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: Fantasy/Historical Fantasy
Authors: Peter Ackroyd
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