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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Illustrated by Charles Vess
Introduced by Neil Gaiman
Explore the realm of English magic with Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell in this Folio Society edition of Susanna Clarke’s masterpiece. Introduced by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Charles Vess.
£165.00
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‘Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell has always been enchanting and the Folio Society edition feels particularly magical. The Charles Vess illustrations are exquisite and every detail from the slipcase to the endpapers is thoughtful and elegant. This is a treasure.’
- Erin Morgenstern
For this unique hybrid of nineteenth-century novel and fantasy adventure Folio have created a lavish edition full of special features and exquisite details. Neil Gaiman, friend and avid supporter of Clarke, revisits his original introduction of the novel with a warm account of discovering her writing, while legendary fantasy artist Charles Vess summons a whole host of fae delights with 18 colour illustrations, integrated black and white images, an illustrated slipcase and charmingly characterful binding designs. This gorgeous three-volume set also features stunning fold out endpapers, making this an edition that even the famously discriminating bibliophile Mr Norrell would consider among the finest in his collection.
A new age of magic has dawned in the turmoil of the nineteenth century and two practicing magicians stand at its helm. The Raven King’s prophecy foretold of two magicians, but will the two be friends, or rivals? As Mr Norrell and Jonathan Strange find their place in this new world and with each other, the dangerous realm of faerie threatens to encroach on both their lives…
Three volume set
Bound in blocked cloth
Set in Bell
1008 pages in total over three volumes
18 colour illustrations total over 3 volumes
6 black & white integrated illustrations over 3 volumes
Illustrated title page printed two colours in each volume
Printed fold-out endpapers with a different design in each volume
Printed slipcase
9 ½˝ x 6 ¼˝
Printed in Italy
Susanna Clarke’s magical debut took the world by storm, with Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell lauded around the world as a modern fantasy masterpiece. Endlessly witty and written with a clear love of the literary period she is conjuring, Clarke also spins a story full of longing for the haunted English landscape and a magical history that remains just out of reach. When conceiving ‘the gentleman with the thistle-down hair’, the novel’s most unsettling antagonist, Clarke found inspiration in Charles Vess’s illustrations for The Books of Magic by Neil Gaiman. It is appropriate then that Vess has brought his own unique flavour of magic to this very special production of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell; his eye for the details of both interiors and exteriors bring the period to life magnificently, while humour, terror, adventure and whimsy all jostle companionably on the page. Above all, his exquisite line work twinkles with character, evident in the cavorting faeries of the title page and the set of three spectacular fold out endpapers.
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