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Anyone watched this yet? It's a 7-part BBC series adapted from the Hugo Award-winning book by Susanna Clarke, which I quite enjoyed. Think of it as a cross between Jane Austen and Neil Gaiman. Gaiman himself helped her get started in publishing her book, and has written about how he first encountered her work. He calls it "the finest work of English fantasy written in the past 70 years. "
Three episodes have already aired in Britain, and the first airs on BBC America today. The first episode can also be found on Youtube. 82% rating thus far on Rotten Tomatoes, 62% on Metacritic.
Trailer:
(Note: Half of the series is slower-paced and more subtly creepy than this trailers implies. The other half is approximately the same level of hectic silliness.)
Three episodes have already aired in Britain, and the first airs on BBC America today. The first episode can also be found on Youtube. 82% rating thus far on Rotten Tomatoes, 62% on Metacritic.
Synopsis of TV Series said:Set in England during the Napoleonic wars at the beginning of the 19th century, the series presents an alternate history where magic is widely acknowledged, but rarely practiced. Living in the rural north, Mr Norrell of Hurtfew Abbey is able to make the statues of York Minster talk and move. His manservant John Childermass persuades him to travel to London to help in the war against France. While there, Mr Norrell encounters a leading member of the government and makes magic respectable in the realm when he conjures a fairy to bring the minister's fiancée back to life. Meanwhile, Jonathan Strange meets Vinculus, a street magician, while attempting to find a respectable profession, as demanded by his love Arabella. Strange is told by Vinculus that he is destined to be a great magician and so he begins to study magic.
Trailer:
(Note: Half of the series is slower-paced and more subtly creepy than this trailers implies. The other half is approximately the same level of hectic silliness.)
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