Possession: A Romance (Vintage International)

by A S Byatt (Author), A S Byatt (Author), A S Byatt (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  1991

  $19.03

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  Paperback
  1991

  $3.28

  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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  Hardcover
  1990

  $14.97

• New

  Paperback
  2007

  $12.65

  Literary critics make natural detectives , says Maud Bailey, heroine of a mystery where the clues lurk in university libraries, old letters and dusty journals. Together with Roland Michell, a fellow academic and accidental sleuth, Maud discovers a love affair between two Victorian writers. Booker Prize, 1990. Film stars Gwynneth Paltrow.