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Sign up todayThe Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
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Learn moreFollowing the enormous success of 2004 bestseller and critics' favorite Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke delivers a delicious collection of ten stories set in the same fairy-crossed world of 19th-century England. With Clarke's characteristic historical detail and diction, these dark, enchanting tales unfold in a slightly distorted version of our own world, where people are bedeviled by mischievous interventions from the fairies. With appearances from beloved characters from her novel, including Jonathan Strange and Childermass, and an entirely new spin on certain historical figures, including Mary, Queen of Scots, this is a must-have for fans of Susanna Clarke and an enticing introduction to her work for new listeners.
Susanna Clarke's debut novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell was first published in more than 34 countries and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award. It won British Book Awards Newcomer of the Year, the Hugo Award and the World Fantasy Award in 2005. The Ladies of Grace Adieu, a collection of short stories, some set in the world of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, was published by Bloomsbury in 2006. Piranesi was a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, and shortlisted for the Costa Novel of the Year Award, the RSL Encore Award and the Women's Prize for Fiction. Susanna Clarke lives in Derbyshire.
Davina Porter has recorded more than 100 audiobooks in nearly 25 years, and she's garneredย numerous Earphones awards. ย In 2006, she was an Audie winner for Best Female Narrator, and she was named Best Narrator for Inspirational Literature in 2004.ย Davina has read everything from classics like Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina to titles such as Diana Gabaldon's A Breath of Snow and Ashes and Susanna Clarke's The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories.ย She has also appeared on stage at the Vineyard Playhouse and The Square One Theater, among others.
Simon Prebble is a veteran British narrator and performer of considerable experience and talent.ย He has enjoyed a varied career from acting in soap operas to performing Shakespeare's works.ย One of AudioFile's Golden Voices, he has recorded over 200 audiobooks and his performances have received critical acclaim both in the U.S. and the U.K.ย In 2009, Simon was named the Best Voice in Nonfiction & Culture.ย Simon has garnered numerous Earphones Awards and read for such authors as Ian McEwan, Susanna Clarke, Peter Robinson, and Michael Crichton.
Reviews
โRavishing...superb...combines the dark mythology of fantasy with the delicious social comedy of Jane Austen into a masterpiece of the genre that rivals Tolkien.โ โTime on Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
โClarke welcomes herself into an exalted company of British writers--not only, some might argue, Dickens and Austen, but also the fantasy legends Kenneth Grahame and George MacDonald--as well as contemporary writers like Susan Cooper and Philip Pullman.โ โThe New York Times Book Review on Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
โThere's no better way to experience the material than to hear it performed by such a consummate actor.โ โPublishers Weekly on Simon Prebble's narration