Gilbert Norrell

Gilbert Norrell is one of the two main characters of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. He is reclusive man who has lived for most of his life in Hurtfew Abbey where he has made it his life's work to study magic and become a magician, by discovering and collecting every single book on magic. With the help of his manservant, John Childermass, he is very close to becoming the country's first magician in three centuries.

Norrell is an irritable and sometimes ignorant man, he has a bright personality when happy, but often complains and whines about things he wishes he hadn't done. He has very few friends and secluded himself from people besides his manservant until he decided to try and bring magic in England back to its former glory