Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell A Novel
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell A Novel

by Susanna Clarke

Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Pages
864
Language
English
Published
2009

Overview

<p><b>In the Hugo-award winning, epic <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller and basis for the BBC miniseries, two men change England's history when they bring magic back into the world.</b><br><br>In the midst of the Napoleonic Wars in 1806, most people believe magic to have long since disappeared from England - until the reclusive Mr. Norrell reveals his powers and becomes an overnight celebrity.<br><br>Another practicing magician then emerges: the young and daring Jonathan Strange. He becomes Norrell's pupil, and the two join forces in the war against France.<br><br>But Strange is increasingly drawn to the wild, most perilous forms of magic, and he soon risks sacrificing his partnership with Norrell and everything else he holds dear.<br><br>Susanna Clarke's brilliant first novel is an utterly compelling epic tale of nineteenth-century England and the two magicians who, first as teacher and pupil and then as rivals, emerge to change its history.</p>

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DC:@dizzydc· 8mo🇵🇭

your favorite book tells me a lot about you. mine is Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. 1/ it's a wonderfully written, long fantasy book about magic with deep lore that we only get a peek of 2/ there's a tv adaptation that recognizes and compl(e/i)ments the book so well- superb actors that give the characters (who are already so complex and interesting) a wholeness that makes me forget that they aren't real 3/ I might be biased because I love the characters but it's a great title! 4/it has footnotes!!! I love books with footnotes 🤍 give me those academic annotations yasss 5/ it's written by a woman. idk, that's just plus points for me ok that's all I can think of for now.

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