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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
by Susanna Clarke
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In an alternate nineteenth-century England where practical magic has dwindled into scholarship, the reclusive Mr Norrell announces himself by making the statues of a cathedral speak, and is soon drawn into the war against Napoleon. His brilliant, impulsive pupil Jonathan Strange proves both his greatest ally and his rival, and their partnership strains as older, stranger powers stir at the edges of the story. Written in a mannered period voice, complete with digressive footnotes on invented histories and fairy lore, the novel blends drawing-room comedy, wartime adventure and creeping enchantment. Long, leisurely and intricately built, it rewards patient reading.
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