Susanna Clarke 3 Books Collection Set - Piranesi, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Fiction - Paperback

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Titles in This Set:. Piranesi. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. The Ladies of Grace Adieu: and Other Stories. Details. Condition: New. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9789124148287. Publisher: Bloomsbury. Age Range: Adult. Overview. This three-book paperback set brings together Susanna Clarke's most celebrated fiction: her Hugo Award-winning debut Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, its companion collection The Ladies of Grace Adieu, and the Women's Prize-winning Piranesi. Spanning sweeping alternate history and an intimate, dreamlike labyrinth, this bundle showcases the range of one of fantasy's most distinctive voices, making it an ideal introduction or upgrade for fans of atmospheric, character-driven storytelling.. About the Books. Piranesi follows a solitary narrator who meticulously records the wonders of the vast, labyrinthine House he calls home — endless halls lined with statues, tides that surge up staircases, and clouds drifting through upper galleries. His only companion is a mysterious figure known as the Other, until faint chalked messages begin appearing, hinting that someone else has entered the House and setting off a quiet mystery about memory and identity.. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell is set in 1806, in a version of England where practical magic has long faded into legend. When the reclusive scholar Mr Norrell resurfaces old magical arts and stuns the nation, he is soon challenged by a brilliant, reckless newcomer, Jonathan Strange. Their rivalry reshapes English magic and the course of the Napoleonic Wars, in a detailed pastiche of nineteenth-century prose that earned Clarke the Hugo Award.. The Ladies of Grace Adieu: and Other Stories collects short tales where the border between everyday life and Faerie blurs without warning. Petulant princesses, vengeful owls, cunning embroiderers, and shifting houses populate these stories, several of which cross paths with Clarke's Strange universe. The collection foregrounds women's ingenuity, offering a darker, fo