Possession
A Romance
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Narrated by:
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Samuel West
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By:
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A. S. Byatt
About this listen
Winner of the Booker Prize 1990
Possession is an exhilarating novel of wit and romance, at once a literary detective novel and a triumphant love story. It is the tale of a pair of young scholars investigating the lives of two Victorian poets.
Following a trail of letters, journals and poems they uncover a web of passion, deceit and tragedy, and their quest becomes a battle against time.
Cover illustration © Aitch.
©1991 A. S. Byatt (P)2019 Audible, LtdWhat listeners say about Possession
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- j
- 26-09-2024
The beauty of the prose and the poetry
This is not a book that is not able to be put down
It is a book that deserves to be put down and taken up and considered and appreciated
It is exquisitely written beautifully detailed and displays an unerring Voice for each character and each century
It is truly wonderful
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- Topas
- 02-10-2019
A linguistic delight
Loved this! Excellent narration and a wonderful tale, part love story, part detective novel, brimming with linguistic exquisitness.
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- Charis Messalina
- 24-05-2022
Possessed of greatness
This is a truly marvellous performance of a work of intense depth and beauty - my very favourite 20th-century novel.
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- DeeDee
- 14-04-2021
Baffling
Baffling because I closed it and sought to return within a few chapters. The language and the poetry... annoying. A while later I persevered, still disliked the oratory nature of the prose and found annoying the jumps from so varied points of view. It cannot be 'light listening', one must be immersed. Only then is it magnificent and pulls you under.
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- Kindle Customer
- 13-07-2020
My review of Possession.
A haunting novel, beautifully written. easy to see why it won the Booker Prize for 1990.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-04-2019
Possession
I love this book. I read it 20 years ago and it is still as compelling. A fantastic book
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- Claire H
- 01-07-2021
Simply Extraordinary
I listened to it twice through. A work of literary genius brilliantly read and communicated by Samuel West. I listened and re-listened while painting my house and it was one of the most enjoyable weeks of my life. I want more time off work to do more house painting so I can re listen again. This novel is so ambitious, and so expertly rendered you dont realize you are engaged in a work of fiction, It feels like participating in uncovering the most interesting, revolutionary, romantic, historical mystery. I'm awe struck.
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- Mr David G Young
- 13-04-2022
A magnificent achievement
An enthralling story from an unlikely subject suffused with amazing writing and scholarship. The reading by Samuel West is of the very highest quality, bringing it to life.
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- Kindle Customer
- 05-05-2021
Beautifully written but dull
I struggled to get through this one. The writing was lovely but the story itself was a bit dull, so Ioften found my mind wandering when I was listening.
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- charlotte
- 03-08-2019
Obsessive
Had I read this book myself I would not have continued. As I listened, however, I was drawn in and could not put it away until I heard the end.
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