false 298381 16 In these breathtaking novellas, A.S. Byatt returns to the territory she explored in <i>Possession</i>: the landscape of Victorian England, where science and spiritualism are both popular manias, and domestic decorum coexists with brutality and perversion. <b>Angels & Insects</b> is "<i>delicate and confidently ironic.... Byatt perfectly blends laughter and sympathy [with] extraordinary sensuality</i>" (<i>San Francisco Examiner</i>). 152763 book 1992 Angels & Insects: Two Novellas total:993|5:160|4:385|3:345|2:86|1:17| 993 3564 1314 76 4 2 false false Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Thu Jan 17 16:22:23 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 16:28:55 -0800 2008 Angels and Insects). It explores the conflict between science and faith in the Victorian period, as well as ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 20:37:58 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 20:14:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 22:56:03 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 18:50:31 -0700 2009 Angels & Insects, has created a rich and complex book comprised of two medium-length novellas set in the mid-1860s and 1870s, both of which address themes important to the people of the Victorian Era. The first novella, Morpho Eugenia focuses on the relationships between a family,...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 20:52:21 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 20:57:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 13:18:59 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 13:37:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 17:28:42 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 12:43:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 14:24:28 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 14:21:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 28 11:57:25 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 05:43:46 -0700 2007
I was going through marking my A.S. Byatt conquests and suddently, realizing it had been so long since I last read a new A.S. Byatt (and I have at least three waiting to be read...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 22 19:12:02 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 18 16:31:32 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 22 19:12:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 05:01:14 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 06:33:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Mon May 25 13:36:51 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 13:48:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 09:31:08 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 13:27:07 -0800 2009 Morpho Eugenia for class--I'll probably get around to The Conjugial Angel someday because I liked Byatt's writing--but I have a ton of stuff to read this semester.

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