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Title: Brilliant contemporary fiction fashioned in the style that is wonderously vintage
Review: For those of you who prefer your books time-tested for quality, I believe this book to be worthy of reading again and again; it is my hope that our contemporary readers will, in time, elevate Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell to the level of a classic. Suzanna Clarke crafts a tale that is designed for those who have an attention span for literature of the 19th century, but rather with a cunning imagination that is tangibly surreal. I can only apologize for the quality of my own writing...I am a far superior painter who has read and listened to this book six times over the past 3 years and I have not exhausted my delight in her word choice, the development of her characters, and her bizarre use of pineapples. I only wish I knew more people that I could buy this book for...it's a challenge to make friends painting all night in one's studio.
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