num_pages: 782
description: Set in early-19th-century England, Clarke's novel introduces readers to a group of magicians from whom the "magic" has departed. Enter Mr. Norrell, a misanthropic, book-hoarding magician who takes up a challenge to prove that magic still exists. After Mr. Norrell succeeds at his ambitious endeavor, he takes on a pupil, the charismatic Jonathan Strange, and together they begin to restore the sorry state of English magic. But a rift opens between these two allies, leading them to turn their magic on each other, and a darker, more sinister magic begins to reveal itself.Clarke's ambitious epic is packed with twists and turns, as she leads readers through mysterious doorways, down magical pathways, and into other worlds. Filled with quirky characters and eerie places, it's frightening, moving, and very often witty. In her stunningly original and accomplished first novel, Susanna Clarke has created a completely convincing "historical" account magic's role in changing the course of history -- a work chock-full of the most fun a "smart" book has ever contained.
language: English
title: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
titlecomplete: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
characters: Lady Emma Pole, Mr. Honeyfoot, Mrs Delgado, Flora Greysteel, Christopher Drawlight, John Segundus, Henry Woodhope, The Gentleman with the Thistledown Hair, Vinculus, George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, Jonathan Strange, Arabella Strange, Henry Lascelles, Dr. Lancelot Greysteel, Louisa Greysteel, Stephen Black, Gilbert Norrell, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Sir Walter Pole, John Childermass, John Uskglass (The Raven King)
genres: Magical Realism, Historical, Fantasy, Adult, Alternate History, Science Fiction Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Audiobook, Fiction, Magic
ratings_count: 231462
places: Yorkshire, England, England, Italy, London, England, Venice, United Kingdom
series: Strange & Norrell
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Booker Prize
category: Longlist, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best First Novel and Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Guardian First Book Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Novel, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
category: Adult Literature, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Book Sense Book of the Year Award
category: Adult Fiction, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: British Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Cena Akademie SFFH
category: Kniha roku (Book of the Year)
publisher: Bloomsbury USA