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The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
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The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
Printed fold-out endpapers with a different design for the front and back
Printed slipcase with design by the artist
Illustrated title page printed in two colours
Integrated black-and-white story-opening illustrations
Illustrated throughout by the legendary fantasy artist Charles Vess, this Folio Book is bound in sumptuous red cloth and blocked in gold with a design that features John Uskglass, the enigmatic Raven King. It is housed in a slipcase with a beautiful wraparound illustration of owls. Inside, Vess's original black-and-white chapter title illustrations are joined by eight newly commissioned colour plates – one for each story – along with new title-page and half-title artwork.
Told with wry humour and gothic flair, these tales are elegant in style but brimming with strange magic – think Jane Austen with a dash of folk horror. Whether you're meeting Jonathan Strange again or venturing in for the first time, this collection casts a bewitching spell of its own.
ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
Charles Vess's illustration career has included cover and interior art for Marvel, DC and Tor, as well as many illustrated books and graphic novels, for which he has won two Hugo, four World Fantasy and five Locus awards, among many others. Charles's art has been featured in gallery and museum exhibitions including 'Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art' at the Museum of American Illustration and 'Enchanted: A History of Fantasy Illustration' at the Norman Rockwell Museum. He lives in south-western Virginia where he works from his studio, Green Man Press.
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ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
Charles Vess's illustration career has included cover and interior art for Marvel, DC and Tor, as well as many illustrated books and graphic novels, for which he has won two Hugo, four World Fantasy and five Locus awards, among many others. Charles's art has been featured in gallery and museum exhibitions including 'Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art' at the Museum of American Illustration and 'Enchanted: A History of Fantasy Illustration' at the Norman Rockwell Museum. He lives in south-western Virginia where he works from his studio, Green Man Press.
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ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
Charles Vess's illustration career has included cover and interior art for Marvel, DC and Tor, as well as many illustrated books and graphic novels, for which he has won two Hugo, four World Fantasy and five Locus awards, among many others. Charles's art has been featured in gallery and museum exhibitions including 'Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art' at the Museum of American Illustration and 'Enchanted: A History of Fantasy Illustration' at the Norman Rockwell Museum. He lives in south-western Virginia where he works from his studio, Green Man Press.
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ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
Charles Vess's illustration career has included cover and interior art for Marvel, DC and Tor, as well as many illustrated books and graphic novels, for which he has won two Hugo, four World Fantasy and five Locus awards, among many others. Charles's art has been featured in gallery and museum exhibitions including 'Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art' at the Museum of American Illustration and 'Enchanted: A History of Fantasy Illustration' at the Norman Rockwell Museum. He lives in south-western Virginia where he works from his studio, Green Man Press.
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ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
Charles Vess's illustration career has included cover and interior art for Marvel, DC and Tor, as well as many illustrated books and graphic novels, for which he has won two Hugo, four World Fantasy and five Locus awards, among many others. Charles's art has been featured in gallery and museum exhibitions including 'Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art' at the Museum of American Illustration and 'Enchanted: A History of Fantasy Illustration' at the Norman Rockwell Museum. He lives in south-western Virginia where he works from his studio, Green Man Press.
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About the Author
Susanna Clarke was born in Nottingham and studied politics, philosophy and economics at Oxford. Following this, she became an editor for Simon and Schuster, working on their cookbook list, and went on to teach English as a foreign language. Clarke's first novel, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, was published to huge acclaim in 2004, winning the Hugo Award and reaching The New York Times bestseller list. Her second novel, Piranesi, won the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2021. She has written full-time since the success of Jonathan Strange and is also the author of The Ladies of Grace Adieu, a collection of short stories based in the same world as Jonathan Strange.