内容简介
NationalBestsellerWinnerofEngland’sBookerPrizeandtheliterarysensationoftheyear,Possessionisanexhilaratingnovelofwitandromance,atonceanintellectualmysteryandtriumphantlovestory.ItisthetaleofapairofyoungscholarsresearchingthelivesoftwoVictorianpoets.Astheyuncovertheirletters,journals,andpoems,andtracktheirmovementsfromLondontoYorkshire—fromspiritualistséancestothefairy-hauntedfarwestofBrittany—whatemergesisanextraordinarycounterpointofpassionsandideas.Anexhilaratingnovelofwitandromance,anintellectualmystery,andatriumphantlovestory.ThistaleofapairofyoungscholarsresearchingthelivesoftwoVictorianpoetsbecameahugebooksellerfavorite,andthenontonationalbestellerdom.
作者简介
A.S.ByattistheauthorofthenovelsPossession(winneroftheBookerPrizein1990),TheGame,andthesequenceTheVirginintheGarden,StillLife,andBabelTower.Shehasalsowrittentwonovellas,publishedtogetherasAngelsandInsects,andfourcollectionsofshorterworks,includingTheMatisseStoriesandTheDjinnintheNightingale'sEye.EducatedatCambridge,shewasaseniorlecturerinEnglishatUniversityCollege,London,beforebecomingafull-timewriterin1983.Adistinguishedcriticaswellasanovelist,shelivesinLondon.,,