Possession – A.S. Byatt

"The book was thick and black and covered with dust."

Two modern academics, Roland Michell and Maud Bailey, discover a secret love affair between two Victorian poets, Randolph Henry Ash and Christabel LaMotte. As they uncover letters and journals, they embark on a literary detective hunt that mirrors their own developing romance, racing against rival scholars to find the truth.

A.S. Byatt's Booker Prize-winning novel is a tour de force. It combines a gripping mystery with a profound meditation on literary history, ownership, and the enduring power of love across centuries. It includes stunning pastiches of Victorian poetry.