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A.S. Byatt – Possession – First UK Edition 1990
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A first edition, first printing of Possession by AS Byatt, published by Chatto and Windus in 1990. A near fine book free from internal inscriptions, with small ink stain to green top stain of the text block. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with bumping to the top edge and closed tear to upper knuckle of front flap fold.
Possession by A. S. Byatt is a richly layered literary novel that weaves together a contemporary romance and a Victorian mystery. Two modern scholars uncover a secret love affair between fictional 19th-century poets, uncovering hidden letters and poems. As they piece together the past, their own relationship deepens. Blending literary analysis, historical fiction and romance, the novel explores themes of love, authorship, feminism and intellectual passion. It won the Booker Prize in 1990 and remains a modern classic.
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A first edition, first printing of Possession by AS Byatt, published by Chatto and Windus in 1990. A near fine book free from internal inscriptions, with small ink stain to green top stain of the text block. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with bumping to the top edge and closed tear to upper knuckle of front flap fold.
Possession by A. S. Byatt is a richly layered literary novel that weaves together a contemporary romance and a Victorian mystery. Two modern scholars uncover a secret love affair between fictional 19th-century poets, uncovering hidden letters and poems. As they piece together the past, their own relationship deepens. Blending literary analysis, historical fiction and romance, the novel explores themes of love, authorship, feminism and intellectual passion. It won the Booker Prize in 1990 and remains a modern classic.
