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Aug 01, 2012uncommonreader rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A classic. This book is set in the present day and in Victorian times. It addresses the relationship between two fictious poets, complete with poems, letters, diaries, and footnotes. Byatt chooses 1869 as the point in time of great change and of loss of faith. The researchers' lives parallel that of the poets. Intelligent and wonderfully accomplished.