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Black version of the first hardcover edition. Author. Susanna Clarke. Audio read by. Simon Prebble. Illustrator. Portia Rosenberg. Country. United Kingdom. Language. English. Publisher. Bloomsbury.

Publication date. September 2. 00. 4 (US)3.

September 2. 00. 4 (UK)Media type. Pages. 78. 2ISBN0- 7. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is the debut novel by British writer Susanna Clarke.

Published in 2. 00. England around the time of the Napoleonic Wars.

Its premise is that magic once existed in England and has returned with two men: Gilbert Norrell and Jonathan Strange. Centred on the relationship between these two men, the novel investigates the nature of "Englishness" and the boundaries between reason and unreason, Anglo- Saxon and Anglo- Dane, and Northern and Southern English cultural tropes/stereotypes. It has been described as a fantasy novel, an alternative history, and a historical novel.

It inverts the Industrial Revolution conception of the North- South divide in England: in this book the North is romantic and magical, rather than rational and concrete. The narrative draws on various Romantic literary traditions, such as the comedy of manners, the Gothic tale, and the Byronic hero. The novel's language is a pastiche of 1. Jane Austen and Charles Dickens.

Clarke describes the supernatural with careful detail. She supplements the text with almost 2. Clarke began writing Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell in 1. It was accepted by Bloomsbury and published in September 2. Portia Rosenberg.

Bloomsbury were so sure of its success that they printed 2. The novel was well received by critics and reached number three on the New York Times best- seller list.

It was longlisted for the 2. Man Booker Prize and won the 2. Hugo Award for Best Novel.

Plot summary[edit]Volume I: Mr Norrell[edit]"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[2]: 1. The novel opens in 1. England with The Learned Society of York Magicians, whose members are "theoretical magicians" who believe that magic died out several hundred years earlier. The group is stunned to learn of a "practical magician", Mr Gilbert Norrell, who owns a large collection of "books of magic", which he has spent years purchasing to keep them out of the hands of others. Norrell proves his skill as a magician by making the statues in York Cathedral speak. John Childermass, Mr Norrell's servant, convinces a member of the group, John Segundus, to write about the event for the London newspapers. Segundus's article generates considerable interest in Mr Norrell, who moves to London to revive practical English magic.

He enters society with the help of two gentlemen about town and meets a Cabinet Minister, Sir Walter Pole. To ingratiate himself, Mr Norrell attempts to recall Sir Walter's fiancée, Emma Wintertowne, from the dead. Watch Crumb Online Forbes.

He summons a fairy—"the gentleman with thistle- down hair"[2]: 8. Mr Norrell to restore Emma: half of her life will be spent with the fairy. After news spreads of Emma's resurrection and happy marriage to Sir Walter, magic becomes seen as respectable; and Mr Norrell uses his magic to aid the government in their ongoing war against Napoleon. While living in London, Mr Norrell encounters Vinculus, a street- magician, who relates a prophecy about a nameless slave and two magicians in England, but Norrell dismisses it.

While travelling, Vinculus later meets Jonathan Strange, a young gentleman of property from Shropshire, and recites the same prophecy, which prompts Strange to become a magician. Meanwhile, the gentleman with thistle- down hair takes a liking to Stephen Black, Sir Walter's butler, and promises to make him a king. Emma (now Lady Pole) lapses into lassitude. She rarely speaks, and her attempts to communicate her situation are confounded by magic. Without the knowledge of the other characters, each evening she and Stephen are forced to attend balls held by the gentleman with thistle- down hair in the Faerie kingdom of Lost- Hope, where they dance all night long. Volume II: Jonathan Strange[edit]"'Can a magician kill a man by magic?' Lord Wellington asked Strange. Watch The Goat Dailymotion.

Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. I suppose a magician might,' he admitted, 'but a gentleman never could.'"Conversation between Strange and the Duke of Wellington[2]: 2. Volume II opens in 1.

Strange learning of Mr Norrell and travelling to London to meet him. They immediately clash over the importance of John Uskglass (the legendary Raven King) to English magic. Strange argues that "without the Raven King there would be no magic and no magicians" while Norrell retorts that the Raven King abandoned England and should be forgotten.[2]: 2. Despite their differing opinions and temperaments, Strange becomes Norrell's pupil. Norrell, however, deliberately keeps some knowledge from Strange. The Stranges become a popular couple in London. Lady Pole and Strange's wife, Arabella, become friends and during one of her visits Arabella meets the gentleman with thistle- down hair, whom she assumes is a relative.

The Cabinet ministers find Strange easier to deal with than Norrell, and they send him to assist the Duke of Wellington on his Peninsular Campaign. For over a year, Strange helps the army: he creates roads, moves towns, and makes dead men speak.

After he returns, he fails to cure George III's madness, although Strange manages to save the king from the gentleman with thistle- down hair, who is determined to make Stephen a king. Strange then helps defeat Napoleon at the horrific Battle of Waterloo. Upon returning to England, Strange finds that one of Norrell's men, socialite Christopher Drawlight, has been stealing money from eager English citizens with prospects of fulfilling their wishes through Strange's magic. Drawlight disappears and is arrested by his former friend, Henry Lascelles. Norrell strongly wishes for Drawlight to be hanged for his crime, but Strange disagrees.

Lascelles starts to become closer to Norrell, challenging the relationship between Childermass and his master. Frustrated with being Norrell's pupil, Strange pens a scathing review of a book outlining Norrell's theories on modern magic; in particular, Strange challenges Norrell's views of the Raven King. The English public splits into "Norrellites" and "Strangites"; Norrell and Strange part company, although not without regret.

Strange returns home and works on his own book, The History and Practice of English Magic. Arabella goes missing, then suddenly reappears, sick and weak. Three days later she dies. Volume III: John Uskglass[edit]"It is the contention of Mr Norrell of Hanover- square that everything belonging to John Uskglass must be shaken out of modern magic, as one would shake moths and dust out of an old coat. What does he imagine he will have left?

If you get rid of John Uskglass you will be left holding the empty air."Jonathan Strange, Prologue to The History and Practice of English Magic, pub. John Murray, London, 1.

Volume III opens in 1. Lady Pole attempting to shoot Mr Norrell. Childermass takes the bullet himself but is not killed. Afterwards, Lady Pole is cared for in the country by John Segundus, who has an inkling of the magic surrounding her. During travels in the north, Stephen meets Vinculus, who recites his prophecy: "the nameless slave shall be a king in a strange country .. "[2]: 5. Stephen believes it applies to him, but the gentleman with thistle- down hair argues that it applies to the Raven King. Strange travels to Venice and meets Flora Greysteel.

They become fond of each other and Strange's friends believe he may marry again. However, after experimenting with dangerous magic that threatens his sanity to gain access to Faerie, he discovers that Arabella is alive and being held captive in Lost Hope. The gentleman with the thistle- down hair curses him with Eternal Night, an eerie darkness that engulfs him and follows him wherever he goes.