There's no doubt that Byatt put a LOT of work into this book. And the characters are revealed and developed through the same, plus a huge does of poetry. The tale is told through narration, letters, and journals. It's a real literary critics' kind of book. Who does Ash love (not a huge spoiler at all to tell you LaMott) and what happened between them? In parallel, Roland and Maud develop their own romantic interest in one another during the course of trying to determine what really happened. And with that find, a mystery is launched. During some routine research, Roland finds a letter from Ash that suggests a romantic interest in a woman, not his wife. Possession is a book about two academics, Roland and Maud, who each are researching a different deceased poet, Ash and LaMott. I guess that all averages out to two stars.
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