{"product_id":"jonathan-strange-mr-norrell-by-susanna-clarke","title":"Jonathan Strange \u0026 MR Norrell by Susanna Clarke","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 20th Anniversary Edition of the Hugo-award winning, epic\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBestseller and basis for the BBC miniseries, where two men change England's history when they bring magic back into the world, now with a new introduction from V.E. Schwab.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the midst of the Napoleonic Wars in 1806, most people believe magic to have long since disappeared from England - until the reclusive Mr. Norrell reveals his powers and becomes an overnight celebrity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnother practicing magician then emerges: the young and daring Jonathan Strange. He becomes Norrell's pupil, and the two join forces in the war against France.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut Strange is increasingly drawn to the wild, most perilous forms of magic, and he soon risks sacrificing his partnership with Norrell and everything else he holds dear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSusanna Clarke's brilliant first novel is an utterly compelling epic tale of nineteenth-century England and the two magicians who, first as teacher and pupil and then as rivals, emerge to change its history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Clarke's imagination is prodigious, her pacing is masterly and she knows how to employ dry humor in the service of majesty.\" --\u003ci\u003eGregory Maguire, The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The book I wish I'd written.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eR. F. Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of BABEL and YELLOWFACE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A fiercely funny, beautiful writer, Clarke attacks her subject with the wit and craft of a Dickens or Austen, effortlessly mixing historical figures and events in with her magical ones. And that magic: nobody writes about magic the way Clarke does . . . She writes about magic as if she's actually worked it.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLev Grossman, TIME Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The writing is captivating, the characters charming, and the notion that perhaps there's more to reality than what our senses tell us is, as Clarke might say with a smile, simply enchanting.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Ms. Clarke's fertile imagination takes her readers to many a mysterious realm.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The most sparkling literary debut of the year.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Susanna Clarke writes with an intelligence and beauty that seems at times miraculous.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKatherine Rundell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Many people have leapt into the historical fantasy space since Clarke, but no one has ever written anything quite like this-I'm not sure anyone ever will.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A classic for a thousand reasons which have been more eloquently stated by a thousand individuals other than myself. It is, simply, in a class amongst itself.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoshani Chokshi, THE LAST TALE OF THE FLOWER BRIDE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Notable for its own delicious 'Dickens\/Austen with magic' brilliance, also worth mentioning since it is one of the very few fantasy novels to have a really good screen adaptation.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGarth Nix, THE LEFT-HANDED BOOKSELLERS OF LONDON\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"This luxe new version of Susanna Clarke's alternate-history epic-now 20 years old-is 864 pages of pleasure for someone in need of serious escape.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSusanna Clarke's\u003c\/strong\u003e debut novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonathan Strange \u0026amp; Mr Norrell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst Book Award. 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