Possession: A Romance (Modern Library)

Type

Book

Authors

Byatt, A.S.

ISBN 10

0679640304

ISBN 13

9780679640301

Tags

Literature & Fiction, England, Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting, Poets, Literary historians, Biographers, English, Man-woman relationships

Abstract

A pair of young scholars investigate 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.

Description

"'On academic rivalry and obsession, Byatt is delicious. On the nature of possession, the lover by the beloved, the biographer by his subject, she is profound, ' said 'The Sunday Times' (London) ... The novel traces a pair of young academics, Roland Michell and Maud Bailey, as they uncover a clandestine love affair between two long-dead Victorian poets. Interwoven in a mesmerizing pastiche are love letters and fairy tales, extracts from biographies and scholarly accounts, creating a sensuous and utterly delightful novel of ideas and passions ..."

Biblio Notes

Genre/Form: Romance fiction
Fiction
Love stories
Material Type: Fiction, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: A S Byatt
ISBN: 0679640304 9780679640301
OCLC Number: 42798207
Description: xv, 605 pages ; 19 cm
Responsibility: A.S. Byatt.

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