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Shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award; longlisted for the Man Booker Prize
'Unquestionably the finest English novel of the fantastic written in the last seventy years ... Funny, moving, scary, otherworldly, practical and magical' NEIL GAIMAN
The year is 1806. centuries have passed since practical magicians faded into the nation's past. But scholars of this glorious history discover that one remains: the reclusive Mr Norrell, whose displays of magic send a thrill through the country.
Proceeding to London, he raises a beautiful woman from the dead and summons an army of ghostly ships to terrify the French. Yet the cautious, fussy Norrell is challenged by the emergence of another magician: the brilliant novice Jonathan Strange. Young, handsome and daring, Strange is the very antithesis of Norrell.
So begins a dangerous battle between these two great men which overwhelms that between England and France. And their own obsessions and secret dabblings with the dark arts are going to cause more trouble than they can imagine.
Product details
| Published | 05 Sep 2005 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 1024 |
| ISBN | 9780747579885 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Paperbacks |
| Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Reading level | 6.8 |
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| interest level | UY |
| AR points | 52 |
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Reviews
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Unquestionably the finest English novel of the fantastic written in the last seventy years
NEIL GAIMAN
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With all of the whimsy, spark and imagination of Harry Potter and the dry, well-observed wit of Neil Gaiman, Susanna Clarke perfectly conveys all that can be brilliant about British literature and manages to be refreshingly different from either
GUARDIAN
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A highly original and compelling work
SUNDAY TIMES
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Many books are to be read, some are to be studied, and a few are meant to be lived in for weeks. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is of this last kind
WASHINGTON POST
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Full of epic sweep and intimate human drama … An imaginative treat
DAILY TELEGRAPH
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Ravishing ... superb ... Combines the dark mythology of fantasy with the delicious social comedy of Jane Austen into a masterpiece of the genre that rivals Tolkien
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