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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (2004) (edit title/settings)

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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 powers, and becomes a... read more

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  • “"I hope to be married soon, and a life spent in dark woods surrounded by thieves and murderers would be inconvenient, to say the least."”
  • “They ate the supper....It was a stew, and their evening's enertainment chiefly consisted in trying to guess what had gone into it.”
  • “A smile is the most becoming ornament that any lady can wear.”
  • “'"'Can a magician kill a man by magic?" Lord Wellington asked Strange. Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. "I suppose a magician might," he admitted, "but a gentleman never could."”
  • “"It has been remarked (by a lady infinitely cleverer than the present author) how kindly disposed the world in general feels to young people who either die or marry. Imagine then the interest that surrounded Miss Wintertowne! No young lady ever had such advantages before: for she died upon the Tuesday, was raised to life in the early hours of Wednesday morning, and was married upon the Thursday; which some people thought too much excitement for one week."”
  • “"He hardly ever spoke of magic, and when he did it was like a history lesson and no one could bear to listen to him."Description of Mr. Norrell”
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  • 'Can a magician kill a man by magic?' Lord Wellington asked Strange. Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. 'I suppose a magician might,' he admitted, 'but a gentleman never could.'
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  • In the end is it not futile to try and follow the course of a quarrel between husband and wife? Such a conversation is sure to mean-der more than any other. It draws in tributary arguments and grievances from years before – all quite incomprehensible to any but the two people they concern most nearly. Neither party is ever proved right or wrong in such a case, or, if they are, what does it signify?
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  • But the other Ministers considered that to employ a magician was one thing, novelists were quite another and they would not stoop to it.
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  • 'Such nonsense!' declared Dr Greysteel. 'Whoever heard of cats doing anything useful!' 'Except for staring at one in a supercilious manner,' said Strange. 'That has a sort of moral usefulness, I suppose, in making one feel uncomfortable and encouraging sober reflection upon one's imperfections.'
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  • 'Oh! I shall not spare you. It is the right of a traveller to vent their frustration at every minor inconvenience by writing of it to their friends. Expect long descriptions of everything.'
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Some years ago there was in the city of York a society of magicians.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Volume I: Mr Norrell
1. The library at Hurtfew
2. The Old Starre Inn
3. The Stones of York
4. The Friends of English Magic
5. Drawlight
6. "Magic is not respectable, sir."
7. An opportunity unlikely to occur again
8. A gentleman with thistle-down hair
9. Lady Pole
10. The difficulty of finding employment for a magician
11. Brest
12. The Spiri of English Magic urges Mr Norrell to the Aid of Britannia
13. The magician of Threadneedle-street
14. Heart-break Farm
15. "How is Lady Pole?"
16. Lost-hope
17. The unaccountable appearance of twenty-five guineas
18. Sir Walter consults gentlemen in several professions
19. The Peep-O'Day-Boys
20. The unlikely milliner
21. The cards of Marseilles
22. The Knight of Wands

Volume II: Jonathan Strange
23. The Shadow House
24. Another magician
25. The education of a magician
26. Orb, crown and sceptre
27. The magician's wife
28. The Duke of Roxburghe's library
29. At the house of Jose Estoril
30. The book of Robert Findhelm
31. Seventeen dead Neapolitans
32. The King
33. Place the moon at my eyes
34. On the edge of the desert
35. The Nottinghamshire gentleman
36. All the mirrors of the world
37. The Cinque Dragownes
38. From The Edinburgh Review
39. The two magicians
40. "Depend upon it; there is no such place."
41. Starecross
42. Strange decides to write a book
43. The curious adventure of Mr Hyde
44. Arabella

Volume III: John Uskglass
45. Prologue to The History and Practice of English Magic
46. "The sky spoke to me..."
47. "A black lad and a blue fella - that ought ot mean summat."
48. The Engravings
49. Wildness and madness
50. The History and Practise of English Magic
51. A family by the name of Greysteel
52. The old lady of Cannaregio
53. A little dead grey mouse
54. A littel box, the colour of heartache
55. The second shall see his dearest possession in his enemy's hand
56. The Black Tower
57. The Black Letters
58. Henry Woodhope pays a visit
59. Leucrocuta, the Wolf of the Evening
60. Tempest and lies
61. Tree speaks to Stone; Stone speaks to Water
62. I came to them in a cry that broke the silence of a winter wood
63. The first shall bury his heart in a dark wood beneath the snow, yet still feel its ache
64. Two versions of Lady Pole
65. The ashes, the pearls, the counterpane and the kiss
66. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
67. The hawthorn tree
68. "Yes."
69. Strangites and Norrellites

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 2 of 10 in TIME Magazine Best of the Decade. (community list)
This book is in Endicott's Adult Fairy Tales Reading List. (community list)
This book is in Big Fat Books. (community list)
This book is in Amazon Book Club Picks. (authoritative list)
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This is book 64 of 99 in National Public Radio's Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy. (authoritative list)
This is book 13 of 159 in Fantasy Book Review Top 100 fantasy books of all time. (community list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Susanna Clarke (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Portia Rosenberg (Illustrator)
  2. Simon Prebble (Reader) - Very fine reading of this book

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 978-0-765-35615-4
Page Count: 1006

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  • Library of Congress: PR6103.L375 J65
  • Dewey: 823.92

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