Possession - An Anthology of 20th Century Foreign Literature (English Edition)

Author: Byatt
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Publication Date: 2000-06-01
Features: After the publication of Possession, the book immediately caused a sensation in the English-speaking world and won the 1990 Booker Prize, the highest literary award in the English-speaking world. Possession tells a romantic and moving love story. Two young scholars go in search of materials to study two Victorian poets and, while organizing the vast quantities of correspondence, diaries, and poems between them, uncover an unknown romance. Possession caused a sensation in the English-speaking world upon its publication. Possession tells a romantic and moving love story. One of the protagonists, Roland, is researching the great 19th-century Victorian poet Asher at the British Library in London when he accidentally discovers two draft letters from Asher to an unknown woman. After a series of investigations, Roland discovers that the letters were written to the poet Lamont at the time. While organizing the vast quantities of correspondence, diaries, and poems between the two poets, Roland uncovers an unknown romance.