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The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories

Susanna Clarke

Hardcover | Pages: 235 pages

Rating: 3.86 | 16346 Users | 1411 Reviews

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Original Title:	The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
ISBN:	1596912510 (ISBN13: 9781596912519)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Jonathan Strange, Gilbert Norrell, John Uskglass (The Raven King)
Setting:	United Kingdom
Literary Awards:	Locus Award Nominee for Best Collection (2007), World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Collection (2007), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Adult Literature (2007)

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Following the enormous success of 2004 bestseller and critics' favorite "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell", Susanna Clarke delivers a delicious collection of ten stories set in the same fairy-crossed world of 19th-century England. With Clarke's characteristic historical detail and diction, these dark, enchanting tales unfold in a slightly distorted version of our own world, where people are bedeviled by mischievous interventions from the fairies. With appearances from beloved characters from her novel, including Jonathan Strange and Childermass, and an entirely new spin on certain historical figures, including Mary, Queen of Scots, this is a must-have for fans of Susanna Clarke's and an enticing introduction to her work for new readers. Some of these stories have never before been published; others have appeared in the "New York Times" or in highly regarded anthologies."" In this collection, they come together to expand the reach of Clarke's land of enchantment--and anticipate her next novel (Fall 2008).

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Title	:	The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
Author	:	Susanna Clarke
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 235 pages
Published	:	October 17th 2006 by Bloomsbury USA (first published October 31st 2004)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Short Stories. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Magic

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3ish stars. As with any collection of short stories, there are some brilliant pieces here and some duds. Since these stories are all more or less based in the same alternate history universe established in a previous book by the author, there are perhaps more specific expectations present than in other collections. For the most part, this book holds up under those expectations. Susanna Clarke has achieved a supreme level mastery of language. Her prose is incredible. It doesn't feel like schtick,

The The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Storiesbow and bid you, "How do you do?"Grabbing Jonathan Strange by the collar,head up Lickerish Hill to spend a dollar.Oh, but you say, the English spend poundsand not dollars, Its all in the soundsI reply, Besides, a dollar, a pound, a denariiis all the same in the wily, Mrs. Mabb's eye.Its more Antickes and Frets than John Uskglass and the Cumbrian Charcoal Burner could let pass.But let bygones be bygones because I do spyMr. Simonelli, so don't be shy,

Surely Susanna Clarke was destined to be a one-note wonder, right? The wonderful Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell was the one good book she had in her, and it was clear that she'd spend decades fretting over and not working on her next novel and never get around to completing complete it. Because otherwise, it's just not fair.Or at the very least, there's no way she could be good at the short form. It'd totally trip her up, yeah? I mean her novel unspooled so slowly and there were all those

Set in the same world of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, this is a collection of short stories. The introduction to the volume by the character Professor James Sutherland considers who wrote them and of the current state of magic within Great Britain, and just how much the faerie world can influence the regular world.There are a number of different stories in here, from the tale called On Lickerish Hill, where a lady resorts to magic to spin enough flax to satisfy her husbands demands. There

Normally I erase audiobooks from my storage box as soon as I have listened - this will be staying put right where it is as I can envisage me listening at least once again. Susanna Clarke is a right good write ... and this collection is at times extremely funny

As I was reading this while waiting for brakework on my car to be completed, I really couldn't start bashing my brains in with the hardback first edition in front of other sensitive types. Yes I was upset, and yes I kept looking down at my krispy kremes wondering if I should power through them early in an attack of emotional eating. If you want to read a terrible, simply hideous, attempt at pastiche of phaeries, pharisees, faeries and more fairies...by all means, reade on. Otherwise, throwe

3.5 out of 5Susanna Clarke's writing is beautiful. I'm impressed by her mastery of words, her engaging narrative voice, and her ability to create a mysteriously eerie atmosphere of 18th-19th century England, as well as to build an alternative world of magic and fairies, entirely through plot and dialogue.The stories in this collection are peculiar, elegant, dark, and often humorous. However, I had a rather disappointing start because the very first story, "The Ladies of Grace Adieu," turned out