The University of Corporeal and Ethereal Studies

Hard to describe. It consists of a set of long stories, each about a single main character
and they all take place in the same city and university. The last involves the whole group and ends on a bit of a cliff hanger.
The stories are a little long and too much description of clothes and such, similar to Victorian novels. I got pretty involved in the stories even though this is not my usual kind of book.