Literary Classics Romance Mystery 1890

Possession by A. S. Byatt

Published in Spanish as Posesión

'Byatt has contrived a masterly ending to a fine work; intelligent, ingenious and humane, Possession bids fair to be looked back upon as one of the most memorable novels of the 1990s' Times Literary…

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What it is

Two eras told side by side · a love story that makes you laugh

What happens in it

Books about books Two timelines Slow-burn romance

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How it's told

Structure
Two timelines
Style
Literary

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Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you don't mind a love story that takes its time
  • you like two stories that end up meeting
  • you love books about books

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