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Possession

Possession 1

A Romance

by A S Byatt
Paperback
Publication Date: 05/04/1991
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Possession is an exhilarating novel of wit and romance, at once a literary detective novel and a triumphant love story. It is the tale of a pair of young scholars investigating the lives of two Victorian poets. Following a trail of letters, journals and poems they uncover a web of passion, deceit and tragedy, and their quest becomes a battle against time.
ISBN:
9780099800408
9780099800408
Category:
Contemporary fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
05-04-1991
Language:
English
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
624
Dimensions (mm):
197x129x31mm
Weight:
0.45kg

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Possession: A Romance is the second stand-alone novel by British author Antonia S. Byatt, and winner of the 1990 Booker Prize. Roland Michell is a literary scholar whose special interest is 19th century poet, Randolph Henry Ash. When he happens upon drafts of letters written by Ash to an unnamed woman, his investigations lead him to another 19th century poet, Christabel LaMotte, and the expert on that poets works, Professor Maud Bailey. Using a fascinating combination of folk tales, myths, sagas, memoirs, journals, letters, fairy tales, biographies and many poems, Byatt tells the stories of the romance of Randolph Ash and Christabel LaMotte, and, eventually, Roland Michell and Maud Bailey. As she slowly builds up this romance, Byatt also comments on faith and religion, the dissection of literary works, lesbianism and feminism, writing, reading and the ownership of literary treasures. Parallels abound between the two romances, although the action doesnt really hot up until the final 80 pages, with an exciting graveyard climax and a lump-in-the-throat epilogue. While there is an abundance of verbose old letters, virtually impenetrable text about poets works and long tracts of 19th century poetry, these do give the work authenticity and some readers may enjoy these even if others find them tedious. Certainly, Byatt manages to craft characters whose fate the reader cares about, be they 19th century poets or 20th century scholars. Worth persisting with.

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