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The Wood at Midwinter

By: Susanna Clarke
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Bloomsbury presents The Wood at Midwinter, written and read by Susanna Clarke.

Nominated for Best Audiobook: Fiction at The Speakies (The British Audio Awards)

Experience the magic of The Wood at Midwinter, a captivating Christmas short story written and read by Susanna Clarke, internationally bestselling author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. Immerse yourself in this haunting tale, accompanied by exquisite music composed by Rusty Bradshaw.

‘A church is a sort of wood. A wood is a sort of church. They’re the same thing really.’

Nineteen-year-old Merowdis Scot is an unusual girl. She can talk to animals and trees—and she is only ever happy when she is walking in the woods.

One snowy afternoon, out with her dogs and Apple the pig, Merowdis encounters a blackbird and a fox. As darkness falls, a strange figure enters in their midst—and the path of her life is changed forever.

Featuring an afterword by Susanna Clarke explaining how she came to write it, this is a mesmerizing, must-have addition to any fantasy reader's library.©2024 Susanna Clarke (P)2024 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Fantasy Genre Fiction Historical Literary Fiction
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Language imagery and legend all beautiful in a fairy tale worldview. Unique and emotionally true, for animal and nature lovers.

Imaginative

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Really good reading by Stephen Fry. Reads it like a master story teller. Enjoyed the different voices he can do and his pronunciation is spot on. Fantastic

good

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Love this short story. So fun and magical. A short read. Love all her books.

Fun

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I loved this short story, it was lovely and magical and it gave me a bittersweet sense of comfort, much like what I feel when listening to Kate Bush.
I also squealed a little during the Afterword. Borges is my favorite writer and he used to say something along the lines of “reading again is more important than reading”. So I shall listen to this story again.

It was magical.

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A cool vibe and stuff, but I don’t think I have the background to at all understand what I just listened to… lol

I don’t know what this was

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