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The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories

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From the world of <i>Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell</i>. Faerie is never as far away as you think. Sometimes you find you have crossed an invisible line and must cope, as best you can, with petulant princesses, vengeful owls, ladies who pass their time embroidering terrible fates or with endless paths in deep, dark woods and houses that never appear the same way twice. The heroines and heroes bedevilled by such problems in these fairy tales include a conceited Regency clergyman, an eighteenth-century Jewish doctor and Mary, Queen of Scots, as well as two characters from Jonathan Strange &amp; Mr Norrell: Strange himself and the Raven King. 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.

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The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories, Charles Vess, Susanna Clarke

Lingua
Pubblicato
2006
Rilegatura
(Copertina rigida),
Condizioni del libro
In ottime condizioni
Prezzo
16,89 €

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Titolo
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
Lingua
Inglese
Pubblicato
2006
Formato
Copertina rigida
Pagine
256
ISBN10
0747587035
ISBN13
9780747587033
Serie
Descrizione
From the world of <i>Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell</i>. Faerie is never as far away as you think. Sometimes you find you have crossed an invisible line and must cope, as best you can, with petulant princesses, vengeful owls, ladies who pass their time embroidering terrible fates or with endless paths in deep, dark woods and houses that never appear the same way twice. The heroines and heroes bedevilled by such problems in these fairy tales include a conceited Regency clergyman, an eighteenth-century Jewish doctor and Mary, Queen of Scots, as well as two characters from Jonathan Strange &amp; Mr Norrell: Strange himself and the Raven King. 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.