The Art of Fiction No. 12
Briefly

Both [houses] are filled with art, predominantly by her contemporaries, libraries of extravagant, Borgesian range and curiosa of many kinds, hinting at her unusual fecundity of mind.
The current, almost bewildering gusto of inquiry in contemporary English writing owes an enormous amount to the example of Possession.
Read at The Paris Review
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