Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell vs London: Which Should You Read?

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell Susanna Clarke · 2001 ★★★★☆ 3.8 1024 pages · ≈ 18 h 58 m · Moderate

Published in 2004, it is an alternative history set in 19th-century England around the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Its premise is that magic once existed in England and has returned with two men: Gilbert Norrell and…

London Edward Rutherfurd · 1997 ★★★★☆ 4.0 829 pages · ≈ 15 h 21 m · Moderate

“Many times since the Earth was young, the place had lain under the sea.”

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