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Possession

Name: Possession
Author: A. S. Byatt

1990 romance by A. S. Byatt

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Also known as Possession: A Romance

Author: A. S. Byatt
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2025-04-24
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Released: 1990
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2025-04-24
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Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Language: English
Genre: romance
Awards: Booker Prize(1990)
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1.thebookerprizes.com/archive/books/possession
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Possession: A Romance is a 1990 best-selling novel by English writer A. S. Byatt that won the 1990 Booker Prize for Fiction. The novel explores the postmodern concerns of similar novels, which are often categorised as historiographic metafiction, a genre that blends approaches from both historical fiction and metafiction.

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PPossession2002 · 2002 film directed by Neil LaBute

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Country of origin: United Kingdom
Title: Possession
Form of creative work: novel
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2026-05-08
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Different from: Possession criterion used: title refers to multiple creative works
Derivative work: Possession
Subtitle: A Romance

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