I am totally late to the party on this, but after a couple of false starts, I am very thoroughly enjoying Mr. Norrell and Jonathan Strange, which is a sort of kid lit pastiche on Regency and Gothic novels. Well, it’s not really kid lit per se, but the author is looking very deliberately at (literally) fairy tales. Much of the book is set in London circa 1804 and this summer’s memories of a grand eccentric’s home in London preserved for all time as it was on the owner’s death about a decade later than the book’s time setting – well sir, I commend this book to your kind attn. should such an experience embroider the fabric of your life.