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Two novels by A.S. Byatt set in Yorkshire, Cambridge and London between the years 1953 and 1959. Even though they are the first two of a proposed trilogy, each novel is complete in itself. They follow the fortunes of Alexander, Stephanie and Frederica through academia, business and family life.
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"Large, complex, ambitious, humming with energy and ideas... A remarkable achievement" -- Iris Murdoch "Comic, well plotted, immensely touching... Gaudy excitement and splendour" The Times "One to be reckoned with. It cannot be glibly praised or readily dismissed; it is, massively, there, and demands serious consideration" Financial Times "An ambitious novel [whose] narrative everywhere displays knowledge and intelligence" Times Literary Supplement
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Enlightenment and sexuality intersect in this novel from the Booker Prize winning author of Possession and The Children's Book
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- PublisherChatto & Windus
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0701138807
- ISBN 13 9780701138806
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages1004
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