As always, Byatt wields beautiful prose, and the mix of prose and poetry gives the book a sensuality as mysterious as anything in the plot
Elizabeth Kostova

As always, Byatt wields beautiful prose, and the mix of prose and poetry gives the book a sensuality as mysterious as anything in the plot

A massive, complex story about a literary mystery which turns into an emotional voyage of discovery...The novel is a triumphant success on every level - as a critique of Victorian poetry, an unbearably moving love story and a satire on the modern 'Biography Industry'
Cosmopolitan

Intelligent, ingenious and humane
Times Literary Supplement

Intelligent, ingenious and humane
Times Literary Supplement

Intelligent, literary, and ambitious...combines the drive of the thriller with the 19th-century novel, and throughout she threads the poetry and passion of ''romance''....races to a riotous final scene of storms and graveyards
The Times

You turn its last page feeling stunned and elated, happy to have had the chance to read it. This is a novel for every taste: a heartbreaking Victorian love story, a take-no-prisoners comedy of contemporary academic life, and an unputdownable supernatural mystery that starts with an old book in a London library and ends on a storm-wracked night in a churchyard before an open grave.
Washington Post

Proves that a serious, intricate book can also be a page turner...manifest intelligence, subtle humor and extraordinary texturing of the past within the present make Possession original and unforgettable
Time

Shimmers with something close to genius … If I become famous enough to be the castaway on Desert Island Discs, this is the book I’d choose. It requires effort but, trust me, it is a modern masterpiece
Val Hennessy, Daily Mail