Possession

A. S. Byatt

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Winner of Booker Prize for Fiction 1990.

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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.

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cappuccino42 rated this book

I love this book and have read it multiple times. She is such a gifted author. It isn't an easy read by any stretch of the imagination but well worth the trip. Her word pictures are so beautiful. I love the way she describes people, places and things and I love the characters that emerge in this story. It is a true romance that crosses centuries. Love is the general theme of the book and it is handled beautifully.

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