Possession
A. S. Byatt is noted for her ability to weave richly detailed stories. But in position she has created a stunning tour de force. It is mesmerizing literary mystery filled with poetry and passion. Roland Mitchell a young academic assistant, has devoted his life to studying the life and works of 19th-century writer Randolph Henry Ash. One day in the University library, Roland opens a dusty volume and finds a provocative letter written by Ash to an unnamed woman. From that moment, Roland begins a quest for information about this mysterious person. His search will take into the domain of Dr Maud Bailey, a beautiful, seemingly intelligent, and fiercely independent scholar. What they will discover is an unusual and uncontroversial love story that echoes through their own lives. The chapters of possession sing with the gorgeous cadences and Ashes poetry as Roland and More piece together the relationship between the writer and his muse. Narrator Virginia Leishman captures all the subtlety of Byatt's remarkable book. Narrator Virginia Leishman Virginia Leishman began her career in the performing arts as a child in England, appearing on stage is both a musician and actor. Today she is as comfortable performing a Shakespeare production at the Lincoln Centre as she is writing original musical compositions the theatre. A skilled musician who plays several instruments, she has recorded five original albums and composed two operas. Of her audio book narrations, audio file reports, "Leishman uses inflections and pauses to reveal much about human nature."
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- PublisherRecorded Books LLC
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 1419327917
- ISBN 13 9781419327919
- BindingAudio CD
- Number of pages19
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