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Possession a romance

Roland Mitchell has devoted his life to studying the life and works of 19th-century writer Randolph Henry Ash. When Roland discovers a provocative letter to an unnamed woman, he begins a quest for information. Along with fellow academician Maud Bailey, Roland discovers an unconventional love story that echoes through their own modern lives.

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  • "Roland Mitchell has devoted his life to studying the life and works of 19th-century writer Randolph Henry Ash. When Roland discovers a provocative letter to an unnamed woman, he begins a quest for information. Along with fellow academician Maud Bailey, Roland discovers an unconventional love story that echoes through their own modern lives."@en
  • ""As a pair of young scholars research the lives of two Victorian poets, 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 passion and ideas"--Container."
  • "Roland Mitchell has devoted his life to studying the life and works of 19th century writer Randolph Henry Ash. When Roland discovers a provocative letter to an unnamed woman, he begins a quest for information. Joined by fellow academian Maud Bailey, the two will discover an unconventional and unusual love story that echos through their own lives."
  • "As a pair of young scholars research the lives of two Victorian poets, 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 passion and ideas."
  • "Two academics researching the lives of two Victorian poets become involved."@en
  • "[This] 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 seances to the fairy-haunted far west of Brittany - what emerges is [a] counterpoint of passions and ideas.-Back cover."
  • "Literary critics make natural detectives, says Maud Bailey heroine of a mystery where the clues lurk in university libraries, old letters and dusty journals. Together with Roland Michell, a fellow academic and accidental sleuth, Maud discovers a love affair between the two Victorian writers the pair has dedicated their lives to studying: Randolph Ash, a literary great long assumed to be a devoted and faithful husband, and Christabel La Motte, a lesser known fairy poetess and chaste spinster. At first, Roland and Maud's discovery threatens only to alter the direction of their research, but as they unearth the truth about the long forgotten romance, their involvement becomes increasingly urgent and personal."@en
  • "This is the story of two academics researching the lives of mid-Victorian poets Randolph Henry Ash and Christabel La Lotte. They delve deeper into their lives through their letters, poems and journals."@en
  • "Two young English scholars find a relationship between two 19th century poets. They track down clues to establish a torrid affair and its tragic consequences."@en
  • "Roland Mitchell, a young academic assistant, has devoted his life to studying the life and works of 19th century writer Randolph Henry Ash. One day in the university library, Roland opens a dusty volume and finds a provocative letter written by Ash to an unnamed woman. From that moment, Roland begins a quest for information about this mysterious person. His search will take him into the domain of Dr. Maud Bailey, a beautiful, keenly intelligent, and fiercely independent scholar. What they will discover is an unusual and unconventional love story that echos through their own lives."@en
  • ""An astonishingly rich and exhilarating blend of mystery, romance, comedy, Victoriana and modern university novel" in which two academics find common threads uniting the lives of the two mid-Victorian poets they are researching."@en
  • "A massive, complex story about a literary mystery which turns into an emotional voyage of discovery. The novel is a triumphant success on every level - as a critique of Victorian poetry, an unbearably moving love story and a satire on the modern Biography Industry."@en
  • "Winner of England's Booker Prize and a literary sensation "Possession" is an exhilarating novel of wit and romance, at once an intellectual mystery and a triumphant love story. As a pair of young scholars research the lives of two Victorian poets, they uncover their letters, journals, and poems, and track their movements from London to Yorkshire, from spiritualist sénces to the fairy-haunted far west of Brittany. What emerges is an extraordinary counterpoint of passion and ideas."@en
  • "Winner of England's Booker Prize and a literary sensation "Possession" is an exhilarating novel of wit and romance, at once an intellectual mystery and a triumphant love story. As a pair of young scholars research the lives of two Victorian poets, they uncover their letters, journals, and poems, and track their movements from London to Yorkshire, from spiritualist sénces to the fairy-haunted far west of Brittany. What emerges is an extraordinary counterpoint of passion and ideas."
  • "Academics Roland Mitchell and Maud Bailey search for the identity of nineteenth-century writer Randolph Henry Ash's lover."@en

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  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Love stories"@en
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