- Published: New York : Random House, c1990.
- Year Published: 1990
- Edition: 1st American ed.
- Description: 555 p. ; 24 cm.
- Language: English
- Format: Book
ISBN/Standard Number
- 0394586239
- 9780394586236
Subjects
- Manuscripts -- Fiction. -- Collectors and collecting
- Literary historians -- Fiction.
- Poets -- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- England -- Fiction.
- France -- Fiction.
- Love stories.
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Call number: Fiction
Available Copies: Downtown 1st Floor, Pittsfield Adult, Traverwood Adult
Additional Details
Winner of England's Booker Prize, a coast-to-coast bestseller, and the literary sensation of the year, Possession is a novel of wit and romance, at once an intellectual mystery and a triumphant love story. Revolving around a pair of young scholars researching the lives of two Victorian poets, Byatt creates a haunting counterpoint of passion and ideas.
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Not a big fan of romantic poetry, I definitely struggled through the poetic passages concerning Christabel and Ash.
The experience of reading the book was not an easy one, but at the end, I found it impossible not to be swept away by the beauty of this novel.
The experience of reading the book was not an easy one, but at the end, I found it impossible not to be swept away by the beauty of this novel.
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