Possession: A Romance | A.S. Byatt | better than the movie!

Possession: A Romance | A.S. Byatt | Bound to be a classic

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Possession: A Romance

	Possession: A Romance A.S. Byatt Random House, 1991 - 576 pages average customer review:based on 214 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

better than the movie!

I bought this book because I loved the movie, and wanted all the missing pieces. What a lovely read this is! I am so impressed with the poetry, the gorgeous writing, the depth of character and the lush background. I finished it, and began immediately to read it again. Ms. Byatt is a wonderful writer, I'm excited to have discovered her, and to have another book to read after this one.

Bound to be a classic

We're a book club of 7 ladies ("XX") from the Philippines. Our book club is over five years old. We took up "Possession" this last June 2005.

Possession means being consumed. Certainly, all of the characters were obsessed with something. They were obsessed sleuths, due to the letters. There were characters obsessed with money, power and control. All of them were possessed in different ways, even Mortimer with his collection, Beatrice Nest over Ellen Ash's diary ("chasing after someone else's life"), and so on. A.S. Byatt is a genius. Even though we waded through the poetry and not everyone could grasp its richness, the book was engrossing, until the touching twist of an ending. Bound to be a classic. Our average rating: 4.0 out of 5.0.

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A Trip Back In Time

Forget the 2002 Gwenneth Paltrow flick, this is a much better story. In the 1980's, an American researcher uncovers a previously unguessed-at link between a major Victorian poet and one of that era's first feminist writers. Unraveling a century-old thread that leads from manor houses to libraries to mouldering Victorian crypts and literal graverobbing, a secret love affair is uncovered that opens a doorway into a hidden past, and reveals a chapter in the lives of two 19th-century icons that no one suspected was there.

Pay close attention to those last few pages set in the past: they are poignant.

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Classic Romanticism

I feel that I first have to state that I read this only after watching the movie, and that I enjoyed the movie a little more, but for different reasons. I didn't care for the ending of "Possession", but I'm not about to tell a brilliant writer like A.S. Byatt how to end a brilliant romantic story. I think what sets this apart from all other romances is the fact that it is about two different romances from two different eras, but both being similar, and linked. The mix of poetry, short stories within the story, dialogue and beautiful settings make this a very unique and compelling read. I highly recommend it to anyone who loves classic romance, poetry, English manners and mystery.

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