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Talargain

  • 1965 first published
  • 251 pages

Joyce Gard's Talargain (1965) is a mermaid fiction novel. It takes readers to Farne Islands, England and Great Britain in the Anglo-Saxon period, 449–1066. It features Talargain Seal's Whelp. It deals with selkies and seals.

It runs to roughly 251 pages — 4–5 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Talargain Seal's Whelp

Subjects

  • Selkies
  • Seals

Quick answers

Who wrote Talargain?

Talargain was written by Joyce Gard and first published in 1965.

What genre is Talargain?

It is usually shelved as Mermaids & Sea Creatures.

How long is Talargain?

The median edition has 251 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Talargain?

Readers who like it often enjoy Secret of the Ron Mor Skerry, The Girl from the Sea and Summer of the Sea Serpent.

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