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Author: Byatt
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Publish Date: 2000-06-01
Features: After the publication of Possession, the book immediately caused a sensation in the English-speaking world and won the highest literary award in the UK, the Booker Prize in 1990. Possession tells a romantic and touching love story. Two young scholars go on a quest to research two Victorian poets, and while sorting through their vast correspondence, diaries, and poems, they uncover a secret romance. Possession was published and immediately caused a sensation in the English-speaking world. Possession tells a romantic and moving love story. One of the protagonists, Roland, is researching the great 19th-century Victorian poet Asher in the London Library when he accidentally discovers two drafts of letters Asher wrote to an unknown woman. Through a series of investigations, Roland discovers that the letters were written to a female poet named Lamont at the time. In the process of sorting through the extensive correspondence, diaries, and poems between the two poets, Roland uncovers a secret romance.