Possession: A Romance

by A. S. Byatt (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1990

  $4.21

  Winner of the 1990 Booker Prize, this novel describes the romance between two 19th-century poets and the parallel relationship of their two biographers and includes passages of Victorian verse. It is structured in the form of a literary and biographical treasure hunt.

• Used

  Paperback
  1991

  $3.27

  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.

• New

  Paperback
  2007

  $12.61

  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.