magician-perception

In this chapter, Mr. Norrell learns that Jonathan Strange has begun writing a comprehensive book on English magic, which unsettles Norrell as he had long intended to write a similar work himself but has been hindered by his fears of publication. Meanwhile, Stephen Black experiences a magical transportation to a lavish historical setting where he converses with a fairy gentleman about the nature of magicians, the past glories of magic, and the peculiarities of Englishmen, touching on themes of power, legacy, and misunderstanding between magical beings and humans.