Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
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4.4 • 16 Ratings
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- £16.99
Publisher Description
Bloomsbury presents Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke, read by Richard Armitage with Neil Gaiman and an introduction by V E Schwab.
The 20th anniversary edition of the fantasy classic.
'The book I wish I'd written' R F Kuang
'Susanna Clarke writes with an intelligence and beauty that seems at times miraculous' Katherine Rundell
1806. England is beleaguered by the long war, and centuries have passed since magicians faded from view. But one remains: the reclusive Mr Norrell. Proceeding to London, he raises a woman from the dead and summons an army of ghostly ships to terrify the French.
Yet the cautious Norrell is challenged by the emergence of another magician. Young, handsome and daring, Jonathan Strange is his very antithesis. So begins a dangerous battle between these two great men – which overwhelms that between England and France. And soon their own secret dabblings with the dark arts are going to cause more trouble than they can imagine…
'Like Hilary Mantel, Clarke has made the very notion of genre seem quaint' Guardian
Customer Reviews
Great book
The book is great and Richard Armitage is a wonderful narrator.
Unfortunately a rather substantial part of the book is narrated by Neil Gaiman, who is simply a terrible reader. His manner is so weird and unnatural, not all writers are suitable for narrating. Wish they rerecorded those parts :(
Almost perfect
I’ve read this, and now listened and it’s better than I remembered. But this recording is almost spoilt by the use of Neil Gaiman as one of the readers. He is no actor which makes his delivery awkward, and has a scratchy voice. He is also now a problematic person - it is time to re-record his parts, as Richard Armitage is perfect.