{"product_id":"jonathan-strange-mr-norrell","title":"Jonathan Strange \u0026 Mr Norrell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 20th Anniversary Edition of the Hugo-award winning, epic \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller and basis for the BBC miniseries, where two men change England's history when they bring magic back into the world, now with a new introduction from V.E. Schwab.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A fiercely funny, beautiful writer, Clarke attacks her subject with the wit and craft of a Dickens or Austen, effortlessly mixing historical figures and events in with her magical ones. And that magic: nobody writes about magic the way Clarke does . . . She writes about magic as if she's actually worked it.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e-- \u003ci\u003eLev Grossman, TIME Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnother 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSusanna 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSusanna Clarke\u003c\/strong\u003e's debut novel \u003ci\u003eJonathan Strange \u0026amp; Mr Norrell\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in more than 34 countries and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and the \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003eFirst Book Award. It won British Book Awards Newcomer of the Year, the Hugo Award and the World Fantasy Award in 2005. \u003ci\u003eThe Ladies of Grace Adieu\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of short stories, some set in the world of Jonathan Strange \u0026amp; Mr Norrell, was published by Bloomsbury in 2006. Piranesi was a \u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, and shortlisted for the Costa Novel of the Year Award, the RSL Encore Award and the Women's Prize for Fiction. Susanna Clarke lives in Derbyshire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Susanna Clarke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51203237478685,"sku":"9781635576726","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9781635576726.jpg?v=1776962781","url":"https:\/\/staging.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/jonathan-strange-mr-norrell","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}