This is the final part of our discussion about Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, a historical-fantasy full of adventure and mystery set in an alternate 1806 England. Here's a snippet about the book:

𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠, 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝑀𝑟. 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑙'𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛. 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦, 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠, 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝐽𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔-𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒, 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑛, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑟. 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑙. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦'𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦'𝑟𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡 (𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑠) 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐.

𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢?

📅January 12th

🕡6:30-7:30pm

Copies of the book are available for checkout from our entry display here at the library.