http://lenoxlib.org/2009/09/16/jonathan-strange-and-mr-norrell-by-susanna-clarke/ Your town library Fri, 26 Aug 2011 06:55:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://lenoxlib.org/2009/09/16/jonathan-strange-and-mr-norrell-by-susanna-clarke/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Sister Mary Murgatroid Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:35:43 +0000 http://lenoxlib.org/?p=1345#comment-168 As well-crafted a review as the book that inspired it. Having read the tome with a great deal of pleasure, I was moved to recommend it to the more serious readers of lay fiction at the abbey. May I recommend to Nic and other admirers of this book an earlier work of fantasy called Winter's Tale, by Mark Helprin? It, too, is a pleasure to read on an autumnal afternoon. It does not describe a world of magic, but depicts New York as a magical place, inhabited by a star-crossed burglar and his flying horse. Thank you, Nic, and we look forward to further recommendations. YIC, Sr. MM As well-crafted a review as the book that inspired it. Having read the tome with a great deal of pleasure, I was moved to recommend it to the more serious readers of lay fiction at the abbey. May I recommend to Nic and other admirers of this book an earlier work of fantasy called Winter’s Tale, by Mark Helprin? It, too, is a pleasure to read on an autumnal afternoon. It does not describe a world of magic, but depicts New York as a magical place, inhabited by a star-crossed burglar and his flying horse. Thank you, Nic, and we look forward to further recommendations. YIC, Sr. MM

]]> http://lenoxlib.org/2009/09/16/jonathan-strange-and-mr-norrell-by-susanna-clarke/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Bill Hamilton Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:43:28 +0000 http://lenoxlib.org/?p=1345#comment-83 I am going to give this book a try, but a thousand pages sounds a bit long. I like Dickens, I am not sure about Jane Austen, although I once read from Emma at a Jane Austen meeting in the Bronx Botanical Garden. Your review was well written - how did it occur to you to read this book? I am going to give this book a try, but a thousand pages sounds a bit long. I like Dickens, I am not sure about Jane Austen, although I once read from Emma at a Jane Austen meeting in the Bronx Botanical Garden. Your review was well written – how did it occur to you to read this book?

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