The most dazzling aspect of 'Possession' is Ms. Byatt's canny invention of letters, poems and diaries from the 19th century.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A. S. Byatt is a writer in mid-career whose time has certainly come, because 'Possession' is a tour de force that opens every narrative device of English fiction to inspection without, for a moment, ceasing to delight.
Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed.
The possession of anything begins in the mind.
My most cherished possessions are my grandma's letters and my vintage Martha Washington cookbook.
This is the most intimate relationship between literature and its readers: they treat the text as a part of themselves, as a possession.
I used to carry about with me a German map-case filled with poems.
The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.
Creativity's about ownership.
The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
A nation's poets are its true owners; and by the stroke of the pen they convey the title-deeds of its real possessions to strangers and aliens.