| Possession: A Romance Contributor(s): Byatt, A. S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679640304 ISBN-13: 9780679640301 Publisher: Modern Library OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99056297 |
| Physical Information: 1.59" H x 5.13" W x 7.55" (1.10 lbs) 605 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First published in 1990 to wide critical acclaim, and winner of the Booker Prize, "Possession" is both a delicious literary detective story and a triumphant love story. Roland Mitchell is a research assistant obsessed with the Victorian poet, Randolph Henry Ash. When he discovers two of Randolph's letters written to an anonymous woman, he embarks on a detective mission that brings him to Maud Bailey, a fellow academic with literary obsessions of her own. The pair uncover letters, journals, and poems, and follow an exhilarating trail that threatens to unhinge everything they've ever thought about life and Iiterature. What emerges is an extraordinary novel about the intersection of passion and ideas. |