The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
By Susanna Clarke
(Bloomsbury USA, Paperback, 9781596913837, 256pp.)
Publication Date: October 2, 2007
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Compact Disc, Hardcover
Categories: Short Stories (single author)
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From the author of the award-winning, internationally bestselling Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, an enchanting collection of stories. Set in versions of England that bear an uncanny resemblance to the world of Strange and Norrell, these stories are brimming with all the ingredients of good fairy tales: petulant princesses, vengeful owls, ladies who pass their time in embroidering terrible fates, endless paths in deep, dark woods, and houses that never appear the same way twice. Their heroines and heroes include the Duke of Wellington, a conceited Regency clergyman, an eighteenth-century Jewish doctor, Mary, Queen of Scots, Jonathan Strange, and the Raven King himself. The Ladies of Grace Adieu is the perfect introduction to a world where charm is always tempered by eerieness, and picaresque comedy is always darkened by the disturbing shadow of Faerie.
Susanna Clarke is the author of the New York Times bestseller and multiple award winner Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. She lives in Cambridge, England.
"Vivid and amusing…Magically funny."--Ursula K. LeGuin, Los Angeles Times "Captivating…an enticing introduction to Clarke's alternate universe."--People (4 stars, Critic's Choice)
"The prose is consistently flawless and beautiful. Reading Clarke is like inspecting some wonderful antiquated craft, such as marquetry or fine hand embroidery."--Washington Post
"Offers a rich, redoubtable vision…Lean, lovely, and witty."--Entertainment Weekly
"The writing is captivating, the characters charming, and the notion that perhaps there's more to reality than what our senses tell us is, as Clarke might say with a smile, simply enchanting."--Nancy Pearl, NPR
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