Welcome to the age of JOMO: The Joy of Missing Out.
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Susanna Clarke's novel is an epic tale of nineteenth-century England & the two magicians who emerge to change its history. In the year 1806, in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars, most people believe magic to have long since disappeared from England
- until the reclusive Mr Norrell reveals his powers & becomes a celebrity overnight. Another practising magician emerges: the young & daring Jonathan Strange. He becomes Norrell's pupil & the two join forces in the war against France. But Strange is increasingly drawn to the wildest, most perilous forms of magic & soon he risks sacrificing not only his partnership with Norrell, but everything else he holds dear.