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Re: I'm sure I did too. Camilla Send a noteboard - 07/07/2010 09:04:15 AM
I think she has old-age selective memory.

I must have formed the impression of what it was about from one of you. Unless Legolas is the culprit. There are a limited number of people who have been telling me to read it.

I'm more likely to have told you it was about who owns literary works after their author is dead, and if the public gets to own the works then does that mean we get to own the author's lives as well? And about literary criticism, etc. Against the backdrop of relationships.

I'm pretty sure I've never mentioned Roland & Maud's relationship because I don't like it. :P


No, it does feel a little ... off. Then again, everyone in this book is dysfunctional. That is another thing I have come to expect from Byatt. The only normal person in this book is Lady Bailey.
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/Other Liteature: Possession by A.S. Byatt Camilla - 06/07/2010 06:02:40 PM 17313 Views
Re: Excuse me. I have a very clear recollection of writing to you about Possession. Danae al'Thor - 06/07/2010 06:43:34 PM 2301 Views
I'm sure I did too. Rebekah - 06/07/2010 07:00:06 PM 2143 Views
Re: I'm sure I did too. Camilla - 07/07/2010 12:05:16 AM 2114 Views
Re: I'm sure I did too. Rebekah - 07/07/2010 08:32:29 AM 2111 Views
Re: I'm sure I did too. Camilla - 07/07/2010 09:04:15 AM 2155 Views
Hm. Rebekah - 10/07/2010 12:55:20 AM 2072 Views
The main reason for my love of the book are the letters, I would say. Legolas - 24/07/2010 10:00:13 PM 2088 Views
Re: Excuse me. I have a very clear recollection of writing to you about Possession. Camilla - 07/07/2010 12:04:03 AM 2229 Views
Re: No no. I talked about Danae al'Thor - 07/07/2010 12:49:30 AM 2043 Views
Re: No no. I talked about Camilla - 07/07/2010 09:01:28 AM 2343 Views
Yes, I saw it more as a criticism (satire?) of obsessive academia than a love-story. Tim - 07/07/2010 10:34:12 AM 2152 Views
Re: Yes, I saw it more as a criticism (satire?) of obsessive academia than a love-story. Camilla - 09/07/2010 11:45:45 AM 2066 Views
It's funny. I'd have to reread, but based on what I remember I have the opposite view. Legolas - 24/07/2010 10:06:57 PM 2094 Views
Coincidentally, it was also a digested read in the Guardian. Camilla - 09/07/2010 03:48:09 PM 2343 Views
Meh.... Milla - 09/07/2010 07:54:12 PM 2250 Views
Awww. Rebekah - 10/07/2010 12:54:44 AM 2061 Views
Re: Awww. Milla - 10/07/2010 07:14:37 PM 2336 Views
Re: Meh.... Camilla - 10/07/2010 11:24:43 AM 2108 Views
Re: Meh.... Milla - 10/07/2010 07:15:29 PM 2192 Views
It's a sign of it being a good book that you can like it for such different reasons from mine. Legolas - 24/07/2010 10:42:39 PM 2134 Views
Re: It's a sign of it being a good book that you can like it for such different reasons from mine. Camilla - 25/07/2010 09:09:50 AM 2072 Views
Re: It's a sign of it being a good book that you can like it for such different reasons from mine. Legolas - 25/07/2010 10:32:55 AM 2092 Views
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