Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories

"Vivid & amusing...Magically funny." — Ursula K. LeGuin, Los Angeles Times

An enchanting collection of stories, set in the same world, from the author of the award-winning, internationally bestselling Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell.

Following the international bestseller Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke returns with an enchanting collection of stories brimming with all the ingredients of good fairy tales: petulant princesses, vengeful owls, ladies who pass their time in embroidering terrible fates, endless paths in deep, dark woods, & houses that never appear the same way twice. The heroines & heroes who must grapple with these problems include the Duke of Wellington, a conceited Regency clergyman, an eighteenth-century Jewish doctor, & Mary Queen of Scots, as well as two characters from Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell; Strange himself & the Raven King.

The Ladies of Grace Adieu & Other Stories introduces readers to a world where charm is always tempered by eerieness, & picaresque comedy is always darkened by the disturbing shadow of Faerie.

Susanna Clarke's debut novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell was first published in more than 34 countries & was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize & shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award & the Guardian First Book Award. It won British Book Awards Newcomer of the Year, the Hugo Award & the World Fantasy Award in 2005. 

The Ladies of Grace Adieu, a collection of short stories, some set in the world of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, was published by Bloomsbury in 2006. 

Piranesi was a New York Times & Sunday Times bestseller, & shortlisted for the Costa Novel of the Year Award, the RSL Encore Award & the Women's Prize for Fiction. 

Susanna Clarke lives in Derbyshire.