It was a delight to come back to this after so many years. It remains a favorite of mine and when my husband and I started a long trip this mammoth leaped out of the library's audio section. We only got a third of the way through it on the trip, but we stayed with it - finishing in about a month. Si...
This was a very uniquely told fantasy story. It’s set in England (mostly) in the early 1800’s, and the author tells it in an authentic-sounding manner. It mixes in a bit of the real world with the fantasy world, and uses some archaic words like “shew” (show) and “chuse” (choose) to add flavor. Th...
For anyone who might be interested, Corey Olsen is taking an in depth look at Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. The class starts next Wednesday, 9/16/15. A link to the announcement post is here. Having just read this book, I'll definitely be rereading and listening along. And I know that there ar...
Congratulations, Susanna Clarke! You have cracked my Top 10 Favorite Authors! *confetti explosion* I couldn't believe that this epic masterpiece was a debut novel. However, it makes sense when you discover that Clarke has a history in the publishing world and most likely has had time to learn the in...
Plot Summary from Goodreads: At the dawn of the nineteenth century, two very different magicians emerge to change England's history. In the year 1806, with the Napoleonic Wars raging on land and sea, most people believe magic to be long dead in England--until the reclusive Mr Norrell reveals his p...
bookshelves: mystery-thriller, historical-fiction, fantasy, debut, teh-brillianz, napoleonic, spring-2015, paper-read, re-visit-2015, tv, published-2004, summer-2015 Read from April 23, 2008 to June 28, 2015 [Bettie's Books (hide spoiler)]The shelving and star rating indicates my love of this b...
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is historical fantasy. It is Jane Austen writes magical realism; it is Harry Potter for the Classic Romance crowd; it is a Regency-era Silmarillion. It is all these things and so much more. It is a novel in the most traditional sense - and it is bloody brilliant.That is...
Jonathan Strange Bertie CarvelMr Norrell Eddie MarsanThe Gentleman Marc WarrenArabella Charlotte RileyLady Pole Alice EnglertSir Walter Pole Samuel WestChildermass Enzo CilentiEpisode 1 of 7: The Friends of English Magic: Determined to restore magic to its former glory and prove himself England's gr...
The restoration of English magic by 'Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell' is a wonderful alternate history fantasy novel set in Regency England during and after the Napoleonic wars. The decade-long crafting that Susanna Clarke put into her genre mixing first novel rewards the fantasy reader with somethin...
This will not be the intellectual review that I wish it was.I really thoroughly enjoyed this book. Susanna Clarke writes with the same wit and detail that I would expect from Jane Austen and the others, and to me, this is as if Jane herself picked up a pen in some alternate universe and sent a jolt ...
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