Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
""Ravishing ... superb ... combines the dark mythology of fantasy with the delicious social comedy of Jane Austen into a masterpiece of the genre that rivals Tolkein.""--Time
Fiction
1 online resource (646 pages)
9781608195350, 160819535X
1021805914
Cover; Praise for Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Volume I: Mr Norrell; 1 The library at Hurtfew; 2 The Old Starre Inn; 3 The stones of York; 4 The Friends of English Magic; 5 Drawlight; 6 â#x80;#x9C;Magic is not respectable, sir.â#x80;#x9D;; 7 An opportunity unlikely to occur again; 8 A gentleman with thistle-down hair; 9 Lady Pole; 10 The difficulty of finding employment for a magician; 11 Brest; 12 The Spirit of English Magic urges Mr Norrell to the Aid of Britannia; 13 The magician of Threadneedle-street; 14 Heart-break Farm; 15 â#x80;#x9C;How is Lady Pole?â#x80;#x9D. 16 Lost-hope17 The unaccountable appearance of twenty-five guineas; 18 Sir Walter consults gentlemen in several professions; 19 The Peep-Oâ#x80;#x99;Day-Boys; 20 The unlikely milliner; 21 The cards of Marseilles; 22 The Knight of Wands; Volume II: Jonathan Strange; 23 The Shadow House; 24 Another magician; 25 The education of a magician; 26 Orb, crown and sceptre; 27 The magicianâ#x80;#x99;s wife; 28 The Duke of Roxburgheâ#x80;#x99;s library; 29 At the house of José Estoril; 30 The book of Robert Findhelm; 31 Seventeen dead Neapolitans; 32 The King; 33 Place the moon at my eyes; 34 On the edge of the desert. 35 The Nottinghamshire gentleman36 All the mirrors of the world; 37 The Cinque Dragownes; 38 From The Edinburgh Review; 39 The two magicians; 40 â#x80;#x9C;Depend upon it; there is no such place.â#x80;#x9D;; 41 Starecross; 42 Strange decides to write a book; 43 The curious adventure of Mr Hyde; 44 Arabella; Volume III: John Uskglass; 45 Prologue to The History and Practice of English Magic; 46 â#x80;#x9C;The sky spoke to me . . .â#x80;#x9D;; 47 â#x80;#x9C;A black lad and a blue fella â#x80;#x94;that ought to mean summat.â#x80;#x9D;; 48 The Engravings; 49 Wildness and madness; 50 The History and Practice of English Magic. 51 A family by the name of Greysteel52 The old lady of Cannaregio; 53 A little dead grey mouse; 54 A little box, the colour of heartache; 55 The second shall see his dearest possession in his enemyâ#x80;#x99;s hand; 56 The Black Tower; 57 The Black Letters; 58 Henry Woodhope pays a visit; 59 Leucrocuta, the Wolf of the Evening; 60 Tempest and lies; 61 Tree speaks to Stone; Stone speaks to Water; 62 I came to them in a cry that broke the silence of a winter wood; 63 The first shall bury his heart in a dark wood beneath the snow, yet still feel its ache; 64 Two versions of Lady Pole. 65 The ashes, the pearls, the counterpane and the kiss66 Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell; 67 The hawthorn tree; 68 â#x80;#x9C;Yes.â#x80;#x9D;; 69 Strangites and Norrellites; Acknowledgements; Notes; A Note on the Author; By the Same Author; eCopyright