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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
by Susanna Clarke
by Susanna Clarke
Jon's review
bookshelves: alternate-history, fantasy, fiction, historical-fiction, award-winners, hugo-winner, nebula-nominee, read-in-my-40s, loved-it
Apr 17, 13
bookshelves: alternate-history, fantasy, fiction, historical-fiction, award-winners, hugo-winner, nebula-nominee, read-in-my-40s, loved-it
Read from January 13 to 25, 2009, read count: 1
4 stars
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Reading Progress
| 01/13/2009 | page 20 |
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1.99% | "Starting chapter 2 - it's a delight so far; really enjoying it" |
| 01/14/2009 | page 35 |
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3.48% | "Starting Chapter 3 - the Society of York Magicians has just entered the cathedral." |
| 01/14/2009 | page 80 |
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7.95% | "Starting chapter 6 - Mr. Norrell continues promoting return of English magic in London" |
| 01/15/2009 | page 104 |
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10.34% | "Starting Chapter 7 - Mr. Norrell is about to attempt the resurrection of Miss Wintertowne" |
| 01/15/2009 | page 116 |
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11.53% | "Starting Chapter 9 - Miss Wintertowne of the nine fingers and a half life" |
| 01/15/2009 | page 122 |
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12.13% | "Starting Chapter 10 - after the marriage of Sir Pole and Miss Wintertowne" |
| 01/15/2009 | page 148 |
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14.71% | "Starting Chapter 13" |
| 01/16/2009 | page 177 |
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17.59% | "Middle of chapter 15 - finally met the Stranges last chapter; now we are back to Lady Pole" |
| 01/16/2009 | page 195 |
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19.38% | "Middle of chapter 17" |
| 01/16/2009 | page 214 |
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21.27% | "Starting chapter 19" |
| 01/16/2009 | page 232 |
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23.06% | "Starting chapter 21" |
| 01/17/2009 | page 265 |
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26.34% | "Finished Volume I "Mr. Norrell" and starting Volume II "Jonathan Strange" (chapter 23)" |
| 01/17/2009 | page 284 |
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28.23% | "Starting chapter 24" |
| 01/18/2009 | page 297 |
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29.52% | "Starting chapter 25 - Norrell begins educating Strange" |
| 01/18/2009 | page 313 |
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31.11% | "Starting Chapter 26" |
| 01/18/2009 | page 328 |
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32.6% | "Starting chapter 27" |
| 01/19/2009 | page 364 |
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36.18% | "Starting Chapter 29" |
| 01/19/2009 | page 392 |
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38.97% | "Startin chapter 30 - Mr. Strange finally impresses Lord Wellington with magic roads in Portugal" |
| 01/19/2009 | page 406 |
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40.36% | "Starting chapter 31 - the search for Stephen's true name" |
| 01/19/2009 | page 435 |
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43.24% | "Starting chapter 32 - Strange returns to London after Napolean abdicates" |
| 01/20/2009 | page 458 |
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45.53% | "Starting Chapter 33 - Strange examines the Madness of King George" |
| 01/20/2009 | page 488 |
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48.51% | "In the middle of chapter 35" |
| 01/21/2009 | page 494 |
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49.11% | "Starting Chapter 35 - Strange just discovered that he's teaching magic via correspondence, or is he?" |
| 01/21/2009 | page 520 |
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51.69% | "In the middle of chapter 37 - Mr. Norrell's quest to revive Les Cinques Dragownes" |
| 01/21/2009 | page 553 |
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54.97% | "Starting Chapter 40" |
| 01/21/2009 | page 576 |
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57.26% | "Still in chapter 40" |
| 01/21/2009 | page 580 |
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57.65% | "Starting chapter 41 - the high cost of victory at Waterloo" |
| 01/21/2009 | page 594 |
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59.05% | "Starting chapter 42 - the very brief dream of a school of magic at Starecross" |
| 01/22/2009 | page 618 |
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61.43% | "In the middle of chapter 43 - Henry's visit to the Stranges" |
| 01/22/2009 | page 655 |
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65.11% | "In the midst of chapter 46, just after Childermass was shot." |
| 01/22/2009 | page 675 |
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67.1% | "In the midst of chapter 47 - Stephen and the carter are discussing the blue man" |
| 01/23/2009 | page 681 |
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67.69% | "Starting Chapter 48 - Stephen met Vinculus on the moors" |
| 01/23/2009 | page 701 |
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69.68% | "Starting Chapter 49 - Strange attempted to recruit Childermass as his pupil away from Mr. Norrell" |
| 01/23/2009 | page 732 |
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72.76% | "Starting Chapter 51" |
| 01/24/2009 | page 825 |
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82.01% | "Starting chapter 57" |
| 01/24/2009 | page 842 |
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83.7% | "Starting chapter 59" |
| 01/24/2009 | page 867 |
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86.18% | "Starting chapter 60" |
| 01/25/2009 | page 883 |
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87.77% | "Starting chapter 61" |
| 01/25/2009 | page 897 |
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89.17% | "Starting chapter 62" |
| 01/25/2009 | page 1006 |
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100.0% | "Finished with shining eyes." |
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Jan 25, 2009 12:24pm
Whew! I've been having trouble remembering what was in this book. Now, I see that it's because so much happened and there were so many characters. Thanks for bringing the book back into my memory.
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Glad I could help. :) It's been a long trek through this book, but it was fun and interesting. I think I got all the main characters. I left out all the government officials, the Ministers, Generals and even Mad King George, who was such a tragic pathetic figure, but he had such a brief cameo in the thousand pages.
Very good review Jon... really liked it and as of reading your review I'm quite done with the book... reading the review made me truly appreciate Clarke's first ginormous novel... but I don't seem to read the lines here.. did you really like the book?
Yes, I really did like the book. I know, sometimes I feel I'm in the minority in that respect. Many of my friends or book club members struggled to finish reading or just threw up their hands in frustration and quit. I kept at it and enjoyed it. Having the audio book CD helped and I loved the narrator's diction and accent.
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Happy mooching!
Jon
