He goes to London and raises a beautiful young woman from the dead. They can only write long, dull papers about it, while fairy servants are nothing but a fading memory.īut at Hurtfew Abbey in Yorkshire, the rich, reclusive Mr Norrell has assembled a wonderful library of lost and forgotten books from England’s magical past and regained some of the powers of England’s magicians. But by the early 1800s they have long since lost the ability to perform magic. She has created a world so thoroughly enchanting that eight hundred pages leave readers longing for more.Įnglish magicians were once the wonder of the known world, with fairy servants at their beck and call they could command winds, mountains, and woods. Sophisticated, witty, and ingeniously convincing, Susanna Clarke’s magisterial novel weaves magic into a flawlessly detailed vision of historical England. Audiobook Length: 32 hours and 29 minutes
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