Possession: A Romance

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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 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. 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.

Is Possession: A Romance appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 16 and up.

This literary novel contains romantic content including Victorian-era love affairs and modern scholarly romance with some passionate scenes (fade-to-black level). The intellectual complexity and literary style make it most suitable for mature teen readers and adults.

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