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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 17281 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 2277 Views
I'm sure I did too. Rebekah - 06/07/2010 07:00:06 PM 2123 Views
Re: I'm sure I did too. Camilla - 07/07/2010 12:05:16 AM 2100 Views
Re: I'm sure I did too. Rebekah - 07/07/2010 08:32:29 AM 2087 Views
Re: I'm sure I did too. Camilla - 07/07/2010 09:04:15 AM 2133 Views
Hm. Rebekah - 10/07/2010 12:55:20 AM 2056 Views
The main reason for my love of the book are the letters, I would say. Legolas - 24/07/2010 10:00:13 PM 2068 Views
Re: Excuse me. I have a very clear recollection of writing to you about Possession. Camilla - 07/07/2010 12:04:03 AM 2199 Views
Re: No no. I talked about Danae al'Thor - 07/07/2010 12:49:30 AM 2024 Views
Re: No no. I talked about Camilla - 07/07/2010 09:01:28 AM 2326 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 2129 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 2045 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 2067 Views
Coincidentally, it was also a digested read in the Guardian. Camilla - 09/07/2010 03:48:09 PM 2323 Views
Meh.... Milla - 09/07/2010 07:54:12 PM 2225 Views
Awww. Rebekah - 10/07/2010 12:54:44 AM 2047 Views
Re: Awww. Milla - 10/07/2010 07:14:37 PM 2312 Views
Re: Meh.... Camilla - 10/07/2010 11:24:43 AM 2089 Views
Re: Meh.... Milla - 10/07/2010 07:15:29 PM 2162 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 2119 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 2058 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 2066 Views
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