In this book’s title story, Mrs. Field and Cassandra Parbinger cough up mouse bones, implying that they turned into owls to devour the villainous Captain Winbright. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this collection introduced by James Sutherland, a fictional professor of Sidhe (“shee”) Studies. Its stories are set in the same fairy-inhabited alternate history as its author’s earlier 2004 novel.
ANSWER: The Ladies of Grace Adieu [or The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories]
[10e] This magician visits his brother-in-law at Grace Adieu in the collection’s title story. This man and his teacher, Mr. Norrell, title a 2004 novel by Susanna Clarke.
ANSWER: Jonathan Strange [or Jonathan Strange; accept Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell]
[10m] After being called a “London magician,” Strange tells the ladies of Grace Adieu he is from this place. A poem from a collection titled for this place states that “To-day the Roman and his trouble / are ashes under Uricon.”
ANSWER: Shropshire [accept A Shropshire Lad] (The poem is “On Wenlock Edge the wood’s in trouble” by A. E. Housman.)
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