【图书简介】 The drawing room social comedies of early 19th-century Britain are infused with the powerful forces of English folklore and fantasy in this extraordinary novel of two magicians who attempt to restore English magic in the age of Napoleon. In Clarke's world， gentlemen scholars pore over the magical history of England， which is dominated by the Raven King， a human who mastered magic from the lands of faerie. The study is purely theoretical until Mr. Norrell， a reclusive， mistrustful bookworm， reveals that he is capable of producing magic and becomes the toast of London society， while an impetuous young aristocrat named Jonathan Strange tumbles into the practice， too， and finds himself quickly mastering it. Though irritated by the reticent Norrell， Strange becomes the magician's first pupil， and the British government is soon using their skills. Mr. Strange serves under Wellington in the Napoleonic Wars （in a series of wonderful historical scenes）， but afterward the younger magician finds himself unable to accept Norrell's restrictive views of magic's proper place and sets out to create a new age of magic by himself. Clarke manages to portray magic as both a believably complex and tedious labor， and an eerie world of signs and wonders where every object may have secret meaning. London politics and talking stones are portrayed with equal realism and seem indisputably part of the same England， as signs indicate that the Raven King may return. The chock-full， old-fashioned narrative （supplemented with deft footnotes to fill in the ignorant reader on incidents in magical history） may seem a bit stiff and mannered at first， but immersion in the mesmerizing story reveals its intimacy， humor and insight， and will enchant readers of fantasy and literary fiction alike.-读书网|DuShu.com
【本书目录】 Volume 1: Mr Norrell 1 The library at Hurtfew 2 The Old Starre Inn 3 The stones of York 4 The Friends of English Magic: 5 Drawlight 6 "Magic is not respectable, sir," 7 An opportunity unlikely to occur again 8 A gentleman with thistle-down hair 9 Lady Pole 10 The difliculty of finding employment a magician 11 Brest 12 The Spirb of English Mngie urges Mr Norrell to the Aid thd of Brilannia 13 The rnagbqan of Threadnecdh-street I4 Heart-break Farm 15 "How is Lady Pole 16 Lost-hjope 17 The unaccountable appearance of twenty-vie guineas 18 Sir Walter consults gentlemcn in several professions 19 The Peep-O Day-Boys 20 The mllikcly milliner 21 "['he cards ol Marseilles 22 The Knight of Wands Volume II: Jonathan Strange 23 The Shadow House 24 Anothel magician 25 l'he education ota mngician 26 Orb, crown and sceptre 27 The magician's wili" 28 The Duke of Roxburghe's library 29 At the house ot.Jos6 Estoril 30 The b~k of Robert Findhelm 31 Seventeen dead Neapolitans 32 The King 33 Place the moon at my eyes 34 On the edge of the desert 35 The Nottinghamshire gendeman 36 All the mirro~ of the world " 37 The Cinque Dragownes 38 From The Edinburgh Re4ew 39 The two magicians 40 "Depend upon it; there is no such place." 41 Starecross 42 Strange decides to write a book 43 The curious adventure of Mr Hyde 44 Arabella Volume III: John Uskglass 45 Prologue to The History and Praage of English Magic 46 "The sky spoke to me... 47 "A black lad and a blue fella that ought to mean summat." 48 The Engravings 49 Wildness and madness 50 The History and Proztice of English Magir 51 A family by the name of Greysteel 52 The old lady of Cnaregio 53 A little dead grey mou 54 A little box, the eolour of heartache 55 The second shall see his dtarest possession in his enemy's hand 56 The Black Tower 57 1be Black Letters 58 Henry Woodhope pays a visit 59 Leucrocuta, the Wolf of the Evening 60 Tempest and lles 61 Tree speaks to Stone; Stone speaks to Water 62 l came to them in a cry that broLe the silence of a winter wood 63 Tbe first shall bury his heart in a darh wood beneath the snow,yet still feel ill ache 64 Two versions of Lady Pole 65 The ashes, the pearls, the counterpane and the kiss 66 Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell 67 The hawthorn tree 68 Yes 69 Strangites and Norrellites
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