1999, ISBN: 9781891888816

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Winner of England's Booker Prize and the literary sensation of the year, Possession is an exhilarating novel of wit and romance, at once an intellectual mystery and a triumphant love stor… Plus…

Winner of England's Booker Prize and the literary sensation of the year, Possession is an exhilarating novel of wit and romance, at once an intellectual mystery and a triumphant love story. It is the tale of a pair of young scholars researching the lives of two Victorian poets. As they uncover their letters, journals and poems, and track their movements from London to Yorkshire - from spiritualist séances to the fairy-haunted far west of Brittany - what emerges is an extraordinary counterpoint of passions and ideas., Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1991-10-01, 3, 1975, 1975. Paperback. Fair. RU VG/F., 1975, 1975, 2, OUP Oxford, 1999-06-10. Paperback. Good. Ex library/school book. Good condition with typical reading wear to the cover, page edges and spine. Discolouration present. Fingermarks present. Plastic cover present. Corner of title page clipped., OUP Oxford, 1999-06-10, 2.5, Winner of England's Booker Prize and the literary sensation of the year, Possession is an exhilarating novel of wit and romance, at once an intellectual mystery and triumphant love story. It is the tale of a pair of young scholars researching the lives of two Victorian poets. As they uncover their letters, journals, and poems, and track their movements from London to Yorkshirefrom spiritualist séances to the fairy-haunted far west of Brittanywhat emerges is an extraordinary counterpoint of passions and ideas. An exhilarating novel of wit and romance, an intellectual mystery, and a triumphant love story. This tale of a pair of young scholars researching the lives of two Victorian poets became a huge bookseller favorite, and then on to national bestellerdom., Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1991-10-01, 3, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, ©1961. (1st printing). Hardbound. VERY GOOD/ No DJ. Tight, bright, clean, square. Softening of spine ends, light age soil to exterior of top page edges. A study of La Fontaine's fables (beginning with The Fox and the Crow) and their position in the world of poetry. 196 indexed pages with the basic text in English but quotations from La Fontaine's work in both the original French and an English translation. 8.5x5.5" (21.6x13cm), Rutgers University Press, 3, Slangman Publishing. Used - Good. Good condition. With CD! A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains., Slangman Publishing, 2.5<