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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 17315 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 2303 Views
I'm sure I did too. Rebekah - 06/07/2010 07:00:06 PM 2144 Views
Re: I'm sure I did too. Camilla - 07/07/2010 12:05:16 AM 2115 Views
Re: I'm sure I did too. Rebekah - 07/07/2010 08:32:29 AM 2112 Views
Re: I'm sure I did too. Camilla - 07/07/2010 09:04:15 AM 2156 Views
Hm. Rebekah - 10/07/2010 12:55:20 AM 2073 Views
The main reason for my love of the book are the letters, I would say. Legolas - 24/07/2010 10:00:13 PM 2089 Views
Re: Excuse me. I have a very clear recollection of writing to you about Possession. Camilla - 07/07/2010 12:04:03 AM 2230 Views
Re: No no. I talked about Danae al'Thor - 07/07/2010 12:49:30 AM 2044 Views
Re: No no. I talked about Camilla - 07/07/2010 09:01:28 AM 2344 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 2153 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 2067 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 2095 Views
Coincidentally, it was also a digested read in the Guardian. Camilla - 09/07/2010 03:48:09 PM 2345 Views
Meh.... Milla - 09/07/2010 07:54:12 PM 2252 Views
Awww. Rebekah - 10/07/2010 12:54:44 AM 2063 Views
Re: Awww. Milla - 10/07/2010 07:14:37 PM 2337 Views
Re: Meh.... Camilla - 10/07/2010 11:24:43 AM 2109 Views
Re: Meh.... Milla - 10/07/2010 07:15:29 PM 2193 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 2135 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 2073 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 2094 Views
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