Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (20th Anniversary Edition)

By (author) Clarke Susanna
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The 20th anniversary edition of the fantasy classic, with an introduction by V E Schwab
Over 4 million copies sold

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The 20th anniversary edition of the fantasy classic, with an introduction by V E Schwab
Over 4 million copies sold

‘One of the greatest fantasy writers of her generation'' New York Times
‘The book I wish I''d written’ R F Kuang
‘Susanna Clarke writes with an intelligence and beauty that seems at times miraculous’ Katherine Rundell
‘A modern masterpiece’ Spectator

1806. England is beleaguered by the long war, and centuries have passed since magicians faded from view. But one remains: the reclusive Mr Norrell. Proceeding to London, he raises a woman from the dead and summons an army of ghostly ships to terrify the French.

Yet the cautious Norrell is challenged by the emergence of another magician. Young, handsome and daring, Jonathan Strange is his very antithesis. So begins a dangerous battle between these two great men – which overwhelms that between England and France. And soon their own secret dabblings with the dark arts are going to cause more trouble than they can imagine…

''Like Hilary Mantel, Clarke has made the very notion of genre seem quaint'' Guardian

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Clarke creates a world beyond our wildest imagination that also tells us something profound about what it is to be human
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A modern masterpiece ... It is that rare beast, a cult novel that is also a mainstream smash hit and continues to beguile its legions of readers to the present day … An indelible, fascinating story, one to lose oneself in for days, even weeks
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What a world Susanna Clarke conjures into being
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A miraculous and luminous feat of storytelling
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Clarke’s imagination is prodigious, her pacing masterly
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One of the greatest and most interesting writers of fantasy in the past hundred years or more
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Full of epic sweep and intimate human drama … An imaginative treat
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Many books are to be read, and a few are meant to be lived in for weeks. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is of this last kind
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Purely joyful reading
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Ravishing ... Combines the dark mythology of fantasy with the delicious social comedy of Jane Austen into a masterpiece that rivals Tolkien
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Admirably inventive, frequently delightful
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Feels unduly classical and nostalgic and yet timeless at the very same time and it has, at the heart of it, that thing which every truly great novel needs: a brilliant story … I adored this book
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A triumph of imaginative storytelling
Biographical note:
Susanna Clarke''s debut novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell was first published in more than 34 countries and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award. It won British Book Awards Newcomer of the Year, the Hugo Award and the World Fantasy Award in 2005. The Ladies of Grace Adieu, a collection of short stories, some set in the world of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, was published by Bloomsbury in 2006. Her second novel Piranesi was an international bestseller and won the Women''s Prize for Fiction 2021, and was shortlisted for the Costa Novel of the Year Award. She lives in Derbyshire.
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The 20th anniversary edition of the fantasy classic, with an introduction by