Praise for The Ladies of Grace Adieu

'Finely atmospheric' Dorothy Johnston, Mslexia

'Enchanting … Clarke’s dark wit and imagination are as lively as ever … this is a delicious assortment of little treats. I can’t wait for her next novel' Gloss Magazine

‘These tales read as if Jane Austen had rewritten the Brothers Grimm…wonderful’
Philip Womack, Spectator

'A sparkling collection of stories from the author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norell, which takes us into a world of fairies, spells and things that go bump in the night' Red

'A beautifully designed collection of eight fairy tales … enchanting' Tina Jackson, Metro

'Theses are stories based on stories, full of wit and conversational shrewdness … Gracefully and knowingly written, they provide highly entertaining sidelights to a fantastical landscape almost unrivalled in contemporary fiction. Now all we need is that sequel.' Tim Martin, Independent on Sunday

'A successful conceit, allowing witty rejoinders and genteel manners to contrast nicely with the darker tones of hauntings, shape changing and black magic … Susanna Clarke is a natural storyteller' Harriet Peterson, Sunday Telegraph

'It is the poise and lightness of Clarke’s prose that draws the reader in … The Ladies of Grace Adieu is also, for those who care for such Trifling Matters, a Book of Unusual Beautie, with an embossed cloth cover and pictures by Charles Vess. How lovely (but unlikely) to think it might mark the dawning of a new age of illustrated novels for adults' Claudia Fitzherbert, Daily Telegraph

'Clarke has a gift for description. Her setting, with their livid grey light, dismal pools and sinister traces of human architecture are vivid to the reader.  Her fairies, conversely, are brilliantly indeterminate, too frighteningly protean ever to become cute or ridiculous' Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Guardian