Description
"Vivid and amusing . . . Magically funny." -Ursula K. LeGuin, Los Angeles Times
An enchanting collection of stories from Susanna Clarke, set in the same world as the award-winning, internationally bestselling Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. Susanna Clarke's The Ladies of Grace Adieu is a spellbinding collection of stories brimming with all the ingredients of good fairy tales: petulant princesses, vengeful owls, ladies who pass their time embroidering terrible fates, endless paths in deep, dark woods, and houses that never appear the same way twice. The heroines and heroes who must grapple with these problems include the Duke of Wellington, a conceited Regency clergyman, an eighteenth-century Jewish doctor, and Mary Queen of Scots, as well as beloved figures from Susanna's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell including Jonathan Strange himself and the Raven King. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories invites readers into a world where charm is always tempered by eerieness, and picaresque comedy is always darkened by the disturbing shadow of Faerie.Author: Susanna Clarke
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 10/22/2024
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781639735471
ISBN10: 163973547X
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Fantasy | Contemporary
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
About the Author
Susanna Clarke is the author of Piranesi, which won the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Hugo Award-winning Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories, and The Wood at Midwinter. She lives in England.