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Liked It2 of 2 members found this review helpful “The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories is a wonderful collection of eight short stories by Susanna Clarke. This little volume was published in 2006, two years after the release of her fabulous debut novel, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. I particularly enjoyed the title...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“I love Susanna Clarke's work! Her dry wit and tidy writing style are such a nice change from some of the overly flowery prose so popular in today's world of literature. Though my favorite short story in this compendium is "Mrs. Nabb", I was particularly excited to see a story take place, with the illustrious "Duke of Wellington", in the village of Wall created by Neil Gaiman's (another favorite author of mine) novel "Stardust". Since the first and title story deals with her novel "Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell", I've been inspired to re-read it (for probably the third time). Bloody brilliant jackanory, I tell ya.”
Linda M wrote this review 4 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“lovely”
sarah h wrote this review Monday, October 19 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Charming short stories. My favourite echo'd J.Strange & Dr. Norrell as it featured talking church decorations ;o) Must admit that I bought the hard-cover as the cover was so lovely (and no buyer's remorse).”
Kae10 wrote this review Sunday, October 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Liked the stories and how they tied in with the Strange and Norrell novel but they weren't as strong as the longer book.”
Kathryn B wrote this review Wednesday, September 9 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Overall a bunch of nice stories that should slightly hold people over until a proper sequel (if any) is written to "Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell". I did find that some of the stories ended quite abruptly.”
mattjstein wrote this review Monday, September 7 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No2 of 2 members found this review helpful“The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories is a wonderful collection of eight short stories by Susanna Clarke. This little volume was published in 2006, two years after the release of her fabulous debut novel, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. I particularly enjoyed the title story, The Ladies of Grace Adieu as it expands upon one of Susanna Clarke's footnotes from the novel (i.e., Footnote 2, Chapter 43). While this collection is an excellent companion to the novel, it can also serve as a stand-alone introduction to Clarke's style, wit, prose, and imagination. Having read this collection of short stories, as well as Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, it strikes me that, above all, Clarke provides a view of what it means to be English. I think that these are amazing books, and this collection of short stories a welcome addition to her work.”
Christopher H wrote this review Wednesday, July 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I really liked this book, but I feel I needed to give myself more time after reading Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell before reading this. It is a cute collection of stories, it just doesn't have the intensity of the first book. This is totally unfair, though, as the other book was HUGE and this is a collection of short stories. The first and last stories were my favorite. ”
Gretchen wrote this review Tuesday, May 5 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Solid, if somewhat forgettable. Don't start reading Clarke here! GO BUY STRANGE & NORRELL”
Alfredo R wrote this review Tuesday, March 31 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Perfect collection of faerie stories to compliment Clarke's incredible Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.”
nyx wrote this review Monday, January 5 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
