Jonathan Strange And Mr Norrell Book Cover

And our nightmares time clarke s imagination is prodigious her pacing is masterly and she knows how to employ dry humor in the service of majesty the new york times on jonathan strange mr norrell.

Jonathan strange and mr norrell book cover. More information about this seller contact this seller 2. The book is set in and around 1800s in an altered version of england about two magicians mr norrell and jonathan strange. The cover art of this book is actually photographic but made to look like a portrait in oils from the early 1800 s new. Clarke s debut jonathan strange and mr norrell took her more than 10 years to write.

Mr norrell eventually and reluctantly acquires a pupil jonathan strange who is soon frustrated by his tutor s attempts to keep key magical knowledge to himself and the two eventually part ways. Norrell is a book that i started out loving but the middle part dragged so much that i grew impatient for the story to end. A group of theoretical magicians often meet up and discuss magic but no one ever practises it any more apart from mr norrell. Jonathan strange mr.

The pair s fractured relationship and the question of whose views on magic will hold sway in england forms the basis for much of the rest of the story. It s the language of our dreams. I feel so differently about the two halves of the book that i wish i could issue two goodreads ratings. Jonathan strange mr.