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Book Meme
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spirited_lizard.
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
6. Tag five people.
"[...] Now what would suit me best would be a general spell cast over Lincolnshire so that three or four thousand young men would all at once be filled with a lively desire to become soldiers and fight the French." He looked at Sir Walter rather wistfully. "Would your friend know of such a spell, Sir Walter, do you think?"
Sir Walter did not know but he said he would ask Mr. Norrell.
Later that same day Sir Walter called upon Mr. Norrell and put the question to him.
from "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell" by Susanna Clarke, which I'm currently reading.
Oh, and tagging... haruechan, asternoon, cordeliadelayne, neko_chan42 and 87sal87.
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It takes place during the Napoleonic Wars. There are two last (practical) magicians left in England, and the book is mostly about those two and their relationship. And of course the government wants them to help defeat the French in the war... More info here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Strange_%26_Mr_Norrell).
I read about a third of the book so far.