The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
collection 2006 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Record
| First published | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | collection |
| Canon status | |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781596913837 |
Synopsis
This 2006 collection presents eight interconnected fairy tales set in an alternate England where magic has returned. Presented as works by various historical writers, the stories focus on women wielding magical power in domestic and political contexts, including a title story (originally written before Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell) about three women secretly practising magic who are discovered by the famous Jonathan Strange.
Where it sits
- Universe: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: Susanna Clarke
Awards (verified)
- Locus Award (Best Collection), 2007: finalist; Locus reader-poll placement, ranked 4th.
- World Fantasy Award (Best Novella), 2001: nominated; For the constituent story 'Mr Simonelli, or the Fairy Widower' in its original 2000 anthology publication, later collected here, award applies to the standalone publication (Dying Earth/Cugel's Saga precedent).
- World Fantasy Award (Best Collection), 2007: nominated
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (Adult Literature), 2007: nominated
Notes
- 8 stories + a fictional scholarly Introduction, illustrated by Charles Vess. Six stories are clearly in-world (the title story features Jonathan Strange in person and is footnoted in the novel's Chapter 43; the closing story features the Raven King). One story, 'The Duke of Wellington Misplaces His Horse', is set in the village of Wall from Neil Gaiman's Stardust, out-of-universe, annotated rather than excluded; 'Antickes and Frets' is in-world by framing convention only.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (standalone work): position 2 of 3: previous Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2004) · next The Wood at Midwinter (2024)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Strange_%26_Mr_Norrell
- https://www.sfadb.com/Susanna_Clarke
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ladies_of_Grace_Adieu
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