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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell

By Susanna Clarke

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| Hardcover | 9780747570554

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  • It's a kind of magick

    Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke 794pp, Bloomsbury, £17.99 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell may soon be inescapable. It's already a bestseller in the US, legions of grown-up Harry Potter fans are hungry for their next banquet, and Bloomsb ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • Strangely strange, but oddly normal

    Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Bloomsbury £17.99, pp800 Witchcraft can hardly have been so popular since James I wrote Demonology. Magical worlds have been a mainstay of children's literature for some time, but there has been an up ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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  • 5 people find this helpful

    Yes, I took a while to finish this as I found the beginning of this book V-E-R-Y S-L-O-W. Nevertheless, with patience and my friend constantly insisting that this was a really good book, I'm glad to say it's gothic, dark and very well worth the read if you can get past the shit-boring introduction w ... (continue)

    Yes, I took a while to finish this as I found the beginning of this book V-E-R-Y S-L-O-W. Nevertheless, with patience and my friend constantly insisting that this was a really good book, I'm glad to say it's gothic, dark and very well worth the read if you can get past the shit-boring introduction which lasted over 100 pages.

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    shazzpezzazz said on Feb 23, 2008 | Add your feedback

  • 4 people find this helpful

    I first picked up this book because the back cover described it has having elements of both Jane Austen and Tolkein. How could you not be intrigued by that? This book takes dedication to read--not only is it massive, but it's also not exactly what I would call a page turner. That said, I would de ... (continue)

    I first picked up this book because the back cover described it has having elements of both Jane Austen and Tolkein. How could you not be intrigued by that? This book takes dedication to read--not only is it massive, but it's also not exactly what I would call a page turner. That said, I would definitely encourage anyone interested in historical fiction and/or fantasy to give it glance. It's very interesting, meticulously researched, and well-written.

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    Amanda said on May 24, 2006 | Add your feedback

  • 1 person find this helpful

    Magic is back! I cannot help repeating this word: magic, magic, magic!

    I'm reading this completely original book just now and the more I go on, the more I'm charmed by its 19th century's spell! The very language and expressions used by Clarke reflect the typical, polite, ossequious speech of 1800, but this gets never, never boring. Upon the contrary, it catches the rea ... (continue)

    I'm reading this completely original book just now and the more I go on, the more I'm charmed by its 19th century's spell! The very language and expressions used by Clarke reflect the typical, polite, ossequious speech of 1800, but this gets never, never boring. Upon the contrary, it catches the reader's eye and leads his mind to a London where the pure academic studies of Magic are being changed with the real praxis: spells and supernatural events will make the reader see another face of London, with unexpectable magic quests during the war against Napoleon.

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    Krysta91 said on Feb 8, 2010 | Add your feedback

  • Very, very slow paced in the first two-thirds of the book. The narrative is very discursive, which also takes time and patience getting used to. The pace picks up in the final part of the book, and finishes quite well. I'm glad that I finished the book, though it will be some time before I read it a ... (continue)

    Very, very slow paced in the first two-thirds of the book. The narrative is very discursive, which also takes time and patience getting used to. The pace picks up in the final part of the book, and finishes quite well. I'm glad that I finished the book, though it will be some time before I read it again.

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    ...cynthia said on May 9, 2012 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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