Short Stories
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
2016·300 pages
Delve into Susanna Clarke's enchanting tales, where magic weaves through history, ensnaring queens, doctors, and magicians in faerie's whimsical perils.
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Delve into Susanna Clarke's enchanting tales, where magic weaves through history, ensnaring queens, doctors, and magicians in faerie's whimsical perils.
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Magic, madam, is like wine and, if you are not used to it, it will make you drunk. Faerie is never as far away as you think. Sometimes you find you have crossed an invisible line and must cope, as best you can, with petulant princesses, vengeful owls, ladies who pass their time embroidering terrible fates or with endless paths in deep, dark woods and houses that never appear the same way twice. The heroines and heroes bedevilled by such problems in these fairy tales include a conceited Regency c...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Mild courtship and fairy-marriage themes; no explicit content
Violence & gore
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Fairy-tale violence, magical transformations, threats, and some deaths
Profanity
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No significant profanity present
Substance use
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Social drinking in historical settings; magic likened to wine
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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Clergyman character; period Christian and royal religious references
Magic & witchcraft
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Pervasive faerie magic, spellcasting, and magical beings in all stories
Occult / demonology
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Fantasy faerie magic only; no real-world occult content
Political content
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Light themes of women's agency and class in historical settings
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Fairy abductions, coercive marriages, and dark fairy-tale cruelty
Other
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