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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 5416 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 1708 Views
I'm sure I did too. Rebekah - 06/07/2010 07:00:06 PM 1599 Views
Re: I'm sure I did too. Camilla - 07/07/2010 12:05:16 AM 1559 Views
Re: I'm sure I did too. Rebekah - 07/07/2010 08:32:29 AM 1533 Views
Re: I'm sure I did too. Camilla - 07/07/2010 09:04:15 AM 1610 Views
Hm. Rebekah - 10/07/2010 12:55:20 AM 1517 Views
The main reason for my love of the book are the letters, I would say. Legolas - 24/07/2010 10:00:13 PM 1547 Views
Re: Excuse me. I have a very clear recollection of writing to you about Possession. Camilla - 07/07/2010 12:04:03 AM 1652 Views
Re: No no. I talked about Danae al'Thor - 07/07/2010 12:49:30 AM 1520 Views
Re: No no. I talked about Camilla - 07/07/2010 09:01:28 AM 1785 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 1556 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 1533 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 1538 Views
Coincidentally, it was also a digested read in the Guardian. Camilla - 09/07/2010 03:48:09 PM 1776 Views
Meh.... Milla - 09/07/2010 07:54:12 PM 1704 Views
Awww. Rebekah - 10/07/2010 12:54:44 AM 1546 Views
Re: Awww. Milla - 10/07/2010 07:14:37 PM 1750 Views
Re: Meh.... Camilla - 10/07/2010 11:24:43 AM 1566 Views
Re: Meh.... Milla - 10/07/2010 07:15:29 PM 1646 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 1612 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 1533 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 1538 Views
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