Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

Paperback, 1040 páginas

Publicado el 16 de octubre de 2005 por Bloomsbury Publishing PLC.

ISBN:
978-0-7475-8209-0
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Número OCLC:
60560281

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Published in 2004, it is an alternative history set in 19th-century England around the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Its premise is that magic once existed in England and has returned with two men: Gilbert Norrell and Jonathan Strange. Centred on the relationship between these two men, the novel investigates the nature of "Englishness" and the boundaries between reason and unreason, Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Dane, and Northern and Southern English cultural tropes/stereotypes.

It has been described as a fantasy novel, an alternative history, and a historical novel. It inverts the Industrial Revolution conception of the North-South divide in England: in this book the North is romantic and magical, rather than rational and concrete.

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Cuando eres gentleman la vida te viene guanga

Cuando los libros son así bien buenísimos como que no me dan ganas de escribirles reseñas. Me dan ganas de que sean muy leidos y poder hablar dellos con todo el mundo. ¡Quisiera que mis reseñas trajeran lectores e interlocutores! Aquí ya van varias contradicciones ¿no? La primera que me resulta evidente es que casi nadie lee mis reseñas de modo que no importan. Segunda: que si no escribo las reseñas pues menos las leen.

Por otro lado cuánto me enfada leer malas reseñas (o buenas reseñas que hablan mal) de los libros que más me gustan. Es más: de los libros que me gustan muchísimo realmente no quiero ni enterarme de opiniones, mejor ni me digan. No, nada me digan. A menos de que opinen que son los mejores libros que han leido, lo mismo que yo. Por que ay qué librazo, ¿síono? Claro que sí, qué bueno es. …

Magical History Tour

I have literally had a copy of this book since it came out and was finally able to read it through the magic of audiobooks. The narrator is very good and does distinct character voices that made it much easier to follow and digest. The book itself was very enjoyable, as long novels often are, once you really get into them. There is A LOT of world building and detail, and the characters were mutlifaceted and interesting and the language surrouning faerie and magic was very evocative. Highly recommended.

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  • Modern fiction