Series
The Raven King
Susanna Clarke · 1 novel · 1 novella · 4 novelettes · 6 short stories · 1 collection · 1996–2026
Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell reintroduces magic to an alternate nineteenth-century England, centering on the prickly rivalry between the two title magicians as they revive a lost English tradition. The linked collection The Ladies of Grace Adieu, which includes the earlier story "Mr Simonelli, or the Fairy Widower," explores the same magical history from other corners of England and refers back to the legendary Raven King, said to have created English magic centuries before. The two books share a setting and mythology rather than a single sequential plot.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
Map
The Raven King at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1990s4
- 2000s7
- 2010s0
- 2020s2
Shape
1 novel · 1 novella · 4 novelettes · 6 short stories · 1 collection
1 author
reads like:historical fantasyfaebritish isles19th centurywhimsicaladult
Mood
Bright and intense: 73% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book11 of 13 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrelldarkest · calmest
- The Ladies of Grace Adieubrightest
- John Uskglass and the Cumbrian Charcoal Burnermost intense