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It has been an astonishing 20 YEARS since Susanna Clarke first published her debut novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell on 8th September 2004.
To celebrate, we have planned a Readalong for old fans, those who have had it on their TBR pile for a while and haven't managed to get round to it, and for those who maybe haven't even heard of it yet.
The Readalong will start off on 2nd September 2024, with discussions taking place on the official discord for the chapters being each week. We also have groups on StoryGraph and Goodreads for those who would like to keep track in those places, which will be linked to closer to September.
We have broken the book down into chunks of roughly 70 pages per week, in the hopes that this is a fairly gentle reading pace to fit into your lives, as the book is a bit of a beast.
Please follow this blog for more information as we keep you updated!
#jonathan strange and mr norrell#jsamn#jonathan strange & mr norrell#jsmn#js&mn#susanna clarke#piranesi#op#jsamn 20 readalong
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I reached out my hand; England’s rivers turned and flowed the other way.
#jonathan strange and mr norrell#jsmn#jsamn#litedit#bookedit#susanna clarke#otherworlds#x.#my graphics#books#nsfw.#n.
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Fiction Works with Footnotes
Final
Discworld :
Look, I *know* everyone and their mother is going to submit Sir Pterry's works, but it's for good reason. He truly is the footnote king. His footnotes have footnotes. Every single one manages to be absolutely hilarious.
Its Discworld. Thats all the propaganda it needs
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell :
The best book I've ever read with no sequel. Read at your own risk, it is an immaculate novel that will probably never get a follow up. The worldbuilding is some of the finest I've read.
The book is filled with footnotes mimicking academic citations and references to innumerable fake books that really make it feel there is a much wider world out there and the book is only centering on this one period of time
So the book is an in universe academic account and the footntes are basically the watsonian author being salty about historical figures. like what more could you want in a footnote. In terms of the book as a whole, its villain was the inspiration for michael shelley of magnus archives fame so something mustve been done right
#specific polls about books#tournament polls#spab polls#spab#final#footnotes final#footnotes books#footnotes#books#bookblr#pterry#gnu terry pratchett#terry pratchett#discworld#sir terry pratchett#jsamn#js&mn#jsmn#jonathan strange and mr norrell#susanna clarke
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Re-reading JSMN and I really wanted to try drawing some of my fav scenes. First up is the intro for Mr Segundus and Mr Honeyfoot, who I adore now on my re-read.
#jsmn#fanart#The text was taken directly from the book of course.#illustration#john segundus#comic art
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#the gentleman with the thistledown hair#thistle#jonathan strange & mr norrell#jonathan strange and mr norrell#js&mn#jsmn#jsamn
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is this anything? are there enough of us jsmn enjoyers out there for this to be anything?
#jsmn#jonathan strange and mr norrell#lady pole#lady emmaline pole#jonathan strange#gilbert norrell#john childermass#the raven king#susanna clarke
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PERIOD DRAMA APPRECIATION WEEK | Favorite adaptation |Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015)
Two magicians shall appear in England... The first shall fear me; the second shall long to behold me; The first shall be governed by thieves and murderers; the second shall conspire at his own destruction; The first shall bury his heart in a dark wood beneath the snow, yet still feel its ache; The second shall see his dearest possession in his enemy's hand...
#jsamnedit#perioddramaedit#perioddramagif#perioddramaweek2023#jonathan strange and mr norrell#m:gifs#gifshistorical#jsmn#jsamn
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Would you fuck, marry or kill the Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell character you got? (I'd love to read who you got and what you picked!)
#i got lady pole and i would like to marry her. if she accepts me#jsmn#jonathan strange and mr norrell#poll#fmk#fmk game
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ok but my favorite Childermass scene is the one where Strange asks him to leave Norrell and come work with him instead.
First of all — why the fuck is Strange looking at him like that he’s just like me fr
But more importantly, I’m obsessed with the idea that Childermass does agree with Strange when it comes to magic being available to everyone and anyone.
He believes in the Raven King who was not high born and is he himself a man of magic who is of equally low birth. But he is so steadfastly loyal to Norrell, he refuses Strange: “Mr. Norrell and I are not done with each other yet.”
Childermass acts as the middle ground between Strange and Norrell — he is loyal to Norrell and what he has done for him and for magic, he agrees with Strange that magic is not to be held under lock and key. He is a servant to magic, not man.
#god I love him#skrunkly#John Childermass#jsmn#jsmn meta#Jonathan strange#jonathan strange and mr norrell#my meta
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Abner seldom complained, neither of how Christopher lied of his species or name. He would do so occasionally when the hour was late and they had returned to Christopher's small and unfashionable apartment at Little Ryder-Street. Then, Abner would fly away from his jacket lapel (the sound of his wings so similar to the ones he had heard as a child), and land on the mirror, where he would walk around slowly.
Drawlight and Abner! (enlarge the pictures for actual image quality 😉)
For from dust we came by @miserablejester/pixelatedgeese. I am never not in shambles over these two.
details:
#jsamn#jsmn#jonathan strange & mr norrell#jonathan strange and mr norrell#drawlight#when I say I’m in shambles I do mean that I was feeling literally every emotion under the sun as I did this#he’s just a little guy#….. aghh#he didn’t deserve to die#we combine this with broken mirrors and self-hatred and Abner asking for forgiveness and I’m genuinely dead#anyways soo happy with this. it’s a very busy piece but I think(?) it’s decipherable#well that’s my single creative idea of the month done and dusted#my art#x
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Week One: Chapters 1-5
Welcome to the start of the Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell 20th Anniversary Readalong!
You can join in with us in a few different ways:
Our Discord server, as linked to in our initial post
Our Goodreads group & challenge
Our The StoryGraph readalong
Here on tumblr! We follow the tag #jsamn 20 readalong, and you can @ us on your posts too!
#jsamn 20 readalong#jonathan strange & mr norrell#jonathan strange and mr norrell#js&mn#jsamn#jsmn#susanna clarke#week 1
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Can a magician kill a man by magic?” Lord Wellington asked Strange. Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. “I suppose a magician might,” he admitted, “but a gentleman never could.
Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
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...and Childermass.
Chills
#jsmn#jonathan strange and mr norrell#Susanna Clarke#john childermass#childermass#yes he's my favorite
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Fiction Works with Footnotes
Round 2
How to Train Your Dragon :
We all know the httyd movies. the books are VERY different, but equally as good. the story slowly transitions from episodic adventure type to a full blown war between 3 different factions and is told from the perspective of Hiccup as an adult . They have heavy themes of cycles and the past coming back to haunt you. and of course little footnotes of either when something happened in a past book, or side notes joking about bits of the text.
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell :
The best book I've ever read with no sequel. Read at your own risk, it is an immaculate novel that will probably never get a follow up. The worldbuilding is some of the finest I've read.
The book is filled with footnotes mimicking academic citations and references to innumerable fake books that really make it feel there is a much wider world out there and the book is only centering on this one period of time
So the book is an in universe academic account and the footntes are basically the watsonian author being salty about historical figures. like what more could you want in a footnote. In terms of the book as a whole, its villain was the inspiration for michael shelley of magnus archives fame so something mustve been done right
#specific polls about books#spab polls#tournament polls#round 2#footnotes books#footnotes#book polls#bookblr#httyd books#httyd#how to train your dragon#cressida cowell#jsamn#jsmn#jonathan strange and mr norrell#susanna clarke#js&mn
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finished Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell today & cannot stop thinking about it. will write up something longer soon about magic and justice and history but for now a snippet!
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