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Title: Potter and Prejudice
Review: It's easiest to describe this novel as "Harry Potter for adults" and that's an apt comparison but slightly misses the point. It's a much richer exploration of magic than Harry Potter, weaving in the English social dynamics of Jane Austen and the irony and atmosphere of Dickens. That being said, like Austen and Dickens it does require an enormous investment of TIME to read this nearly 900 page doorstop of a novel. Unlike another recent doorstopper novel of 19th century England, "The Crimson Petal and the White," Ms. Clarke's novel does not let you down at the end. My only minor quibble is that the novel could have used a bit more slashing by a judicious editor's pen, but it's a very minor quibble indeed.
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