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Fantasy.
Fiction.
Literature.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:In the Hugo-award winning, epic New York Times Bestseller and basis for the BBC miniseries, two men change England's history when they bring magic back into the world. In 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. Another 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. But 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. Susanna 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.… (meer)
BookshelfMonstrosity: Magical rivalries are at the heart of these unconventional Fantasy novels, which play out over decades and against elaborate, atmospheric 19th-century backdrops. Their initially relaxed pacing gains momentum as the various narrative threads dramatically converge.… (meer)
TheSpecialistsCat: Both Clarke and Mirrlees lived briefly in Spain, then returned home to write about fairies and also, ostensibly, what it means to be English.
fyrefly98: Both have the same "Jane-Austen-meets-Harry-Potter" vibe to them; "Jonathan Strange" is denser and more grown-up, while "Sorcery & Cecelia" is funnier and more of a romp.
ErlendSkjelten: I don't remember making this recommendation, much less why I did; they are very different books. I think I felt that they both conjured up the same mystic mood, and they are both concerned with a very British magic.
This is a long and difficult book. The characters are difficult to like, the narrative is interrupted with footnotes, and the plotting is at some point, glacial. But that is sort of the point of the thing-- its a fictive account of historical events in an alternative England where magic exists.
I read it through once and loved it. I tried to read it again and got bogged down by the unlikable main characters and the slow pacing. ( )
Wonderful! Magical! Doesn't make my Best Books of All Time list, but reading this was a delight from cover to cover. I would read again and surely will think about it regularly. ( )
Susanna Clarke is a stylist of the first order. In Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, she builds an uncanny version of Regency England with prose that lies somewhere between Jane Austen and Charles Dickens. Her characters are quirky eccentrics who are not libertines but are, as was said of Lord Byron, “mad, bad, and dangerous to know.” Mr Norrell is a gentleman from Yorkshire with England’s largest library of books of spells and histories of magic. His goal is to bring magic back to England, but when he does, he finds that his ego has written checks he might not be able to cash. Jonathan Strange, his best student, would make a true Byronic hero if he did not keep making mistakes that cause more harm than they prevent. Both men find that their magic often has unintended severe consequences for the magician and the world. ( )
this has been one of the most intimidating books on my shelf. 1000+ onion skin pages, 32+ hours of audio, dense language in old english, and footnotes that goes on for pages and are themselves stories...i've tried and failed to finish this book a couple of times before, but never got past chapter three...but now, after 6 months (!!), i finally did it. such a satisfying feeling ^_^
this looong story about two magicians (strange and norelle) trying to bring back magic in England during the time of the Napoleonic wars reads like a grim fairy tale. its enchanting, creepy in parts, meandering without being dull, gripping (once i finally committed myself), delightfully unpredictable, has layers on layers, and is surprisingly hilarious!
i am astounded at how beautiful this book is. ms. clarke is a genius! ( )
Her deftly assumed faux-19th century point of view will beguile cynical adult readers into losing themselves in this entertaining and sophisticated fantasy.
Susanna Clarke, who resides in Cambridge, England, has spent the past decade writing the 700-plus pages of this remarkable book. She's a great admirer of Charles Dickens and has produced a work every bit as enjoyable as The Pickwick Papers, with more than a touch of the early Anne Rice thrown in for good measure.
A chimera of a novel that combines the dark mythology of fantasy with the delicious social comedy of Jane Austen into a masterpiece of the genre that rivals Tolkien.
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
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.
Opdracht
Ter herinnering aan mijn broer, Paul Frederick Gunn Clarke, 1961-2000
Eerste woorden
Een aantal jaren geleden had York een genootschap van tovenaars.
Citaten
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
At sixteen she spoke -- not only French, Italian & German -- which are part of any lady's commonplace accomplishments -- but all the languages of the civilized (and uncivilized) world. She spoke the language of the Scottish Highlands (which is like singing). She spoke Basque, which is a language which rarely makes any impression upon the brains of any other race, so that a man may hear it as often and as long as he likes, but never afterwards be able to recall a single syllable of it. She even learnt the language of a strange country which, Signor Tosetti had been told, some people believed still existed, although no one in the world could say where it was. (The name of the country was Wales.)
It is also true that that his hair had a reddish tinge and, as everybody knows, no one with red hair can ever truly be said to be handsome.
"Soldiers, I am sorry to say, steal everything." He thought for a moment and then added, "Or at least ours do."
"Can a magician kill a man by magic?" Lord Wellington asked Strange. Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. "I suppose a magician might," he admitted "but a gentleman never could."
It may be laid down as a general rule that if a man begins to sing, no one will take any notice of his song except his fellow human beings. This is true even if his song is surpassingly beautiful. Other men may be in raptures at his skill, but the rest of creation is, by and large, unmoved. Perhaps a cat or a dog may look at him; his horse, if it is an exceptionally intelligent beast, may pause in cropping the grass, but that is the extent of it. But when the fairy sang, the whole world listened to him. Stephen felt clouds pause in their passing; he felt sleeping hills shift and murmur; he felt cold mists dance. He understood for the first time that the world is not dumb at all, but merely waiting for someone to speak to it in a language it understands. In the fairy's song the earth recognized the names by which it called itself.
Laatste woorden
Toen draaide hij zich op zijn hakken rond en verdween in de Nacht.
Fantasy.
Fiction.
Literature.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:In the Hugo-award winning, epic New York Times Bestseller and basis for the BBC miniseries, two men change England's history when they bring magic back into the world. In 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. Another 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. But 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. Susanna 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.
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Twee tovenaars zullen in Engeland verschijnen. De eerste zal mij vrezen; de tweede zal ernaar verlangen mij te aanschouwen...
Engeland, 1806. In de stad York komt een genootschap van tovenaars iedere derde woensdag van de maand bijeen om gezamenlijk de geschiedenis van de magie in Engeland te bestuderen. Naar de mening van de leden van het genootschap zijn er geen praktiserende tovenaars meer in Engeland. Maar dan verschijnt de teruggetrokken meneer Norrell van Hurtfew Abbey ten tonele en prompt beginnen de standbeelden van de kathedraal van York te praten en te bewegen.
Het nieuws van de terugkeer van de Engelse magie gaat als een lopend vuurtje door het land, en ervan overtuigd dat hij de regering moet helpen in de oorlog tegen Napoleon, trekt meneer Norrell naar Londen. Daar ontmoet hij een jonge, geniale tovenaar, die bij hem in de leer gaat. Jonathan Strange is charmant, rijk en ietwat over het paard getild.
Samen verbluffen zij het land met hun daden. Maar de samenwerking slaat al snel om in rivaliteit. Meneer Norrell heeft zijn gewoonte alles in het verborgene te verrichten nooit kunnen overwinnen, terwijl Strange zich altijd aangetrokken zal blijven voelen door de meest extreme en roekeloze magie. Hij raakt in de ban van de schemeringe Ravenkoning en zijn nietsontziende queeste naar een verloren gegane magie bedreigt niet alleen zijn samenwerking met Norrell, maar alles wat hem lief is.
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I read it through once and loved it. I tried to read it again and got bogged down by the unlikable main characters and the slow pacing. (