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Possession

by A.S. Byatt · 1990

Literary Fiction · ranked #128 in category

Two literary scholars — Roland Mitchell and Maud Bailey — discover a cache of letters between two Victorian poets and gradually realise that the poets had a secret passionate affair. Byatt's novel interweaves the present-day scholarly detective story with poems, letters and fairy tales in the voices of the Victorian characters. Winner of the Booker Prize.

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Category
Literary Fiction
First published
1990 · 1990s
Author
A.S. Byatt
Standing
Essential Read

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