"(I)s the book any good ? It is, but only in parts."Susanna Clarke's magic is above all, though, a peculiarly English phenomenon, a kind of apothecary's tincture of a national eccentricity out of which emerges a host of vivid characters from every walk of early 19th-century life" - Matthew Alexander, Daily Telegraph.(.) She's as deft at describing the flutter of gossip at a dinner party in London as she is at describing a gown covered in small shrieking mouths in Fairyland." - Ron Charles, Christian Science Monitor In fact, I'm so in love with Susanna Clarke's debut novel that I must have been beaned on the head with a golden snitch. It's altogether original - far closer to Dickens than Rowling. Not quite a consensus, but many enthralled Jonathan Strange y el señor Norrell - EspañaĪ- : unassuming, well-crafted, and very old-fashioned entertainment Jonathan Strange & il Signor Norrell - Italia General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the author Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs.
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