A review by bibliophilelinda
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories, by Susanna Clarke

5.0

I love Susanna Clarke's work! Her dry wit and tidy writing style are such a nice change from some of the overly flowery prose so popular in today's world of literature. Though my favorite short story in this compendium is "Mrs. Nabb", I was particularly excited to see a story take place, with the illustrious "Duke of Wellington", in the village of Wall created by Neil Gaiman's (another favorite author of mine) novel "Stardust". Since the first and title story deals with her novel "Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell", I've been inspired to re-read it (for probably the third time). Bloody brilliant jackanory, I tell ya.