POSSESSION CHAPTERS’ ANALYSIS BY CARABELLESE GIULIA BREDEON GIOVANNI BATTISTA

CHAPTER 1 FUNCTION to introduce the reader to the research of Roland about an hypothetical love story between Ash and a girl CHARACTERS Roland Mitchell, the librarian SETTINGS one day in September 1986, in the reading room of the London Library

CHAPTER 2 FUNCTION to explains Roland life, and his relationship between Val CHARACTERS Roland, Val SETINGS in the evening, at their house

CHAPTER 3 FUNCTION to introduce the reader the character of Christabel LaMotte. CHARACTERS Roland, Blackadder, Paola, Fergus SETTINGS Bloomsbury, the next morning/ British Museum, Ash Factory, in the afternoon

CHAPTER 4 FUNCTION to complete the explanation about Christabel LaMotte, to introduce the character of Maud Bailey CHARACTERS Maud, Roland SETTING Lincoln, Lincoln University, Lincoln Library, Women’s resource centre, in the afternoon/ Maud’s house, in the evening

CHAPTER 5 FUNCTION to explicate that the relationship between Ash and Christabel has real existed CHARACTERS Joan Bailey, Roland, George Bailey, Maud SETTING Wolds of Lincolnshire, in the morning/ Sir George Bailey’s house, Christabel LaMotte’s room

CHAPTER 6 FUNCTION to let the reader know about Cropper’ s research CHARACTERS Cropper, Wapshott SETTING Mrs Daist Wapshott’ house

CHAPTER 7 FUNCTION to make the reader clear about the relationship between Ash and Ellen CHARACTERS Val, Beatrice, Euan, Roland, Cropper SETTING Beatrice’s house, Roland’s house

CHAPTER 8 FUNCTION to enter in the middle of Roland and Maud’s research CHARACTERS Maud, Roland, Joan Bailey SETTING G. Bailey’s House, Maud’s house, G. Bailey’s House,

CHAPTER 9 FUNCTION LaMotte’s story “The Threshold” CHARACTERS SETTING An immaginary place

CHAPTER 10 FUNCTION Christabel and Ash’s relation is confirmed CHARACTERS Randolph Henry Ash, Christabel LaMotte SETTING

CHAPTER 11 FUNCTION Ash’s poem “Swammerdam” CHARACTERS SETTING

CHAPTER 12 FUNCTION To create suspance CHARACTERS Maud, Val, Roland, Beatrice, Fergus SETTING Bethany in Richmond, Val’s house, Beatrice’s house. Museum Street

CHAPTER 13 FUNCTION To create a parallelism between the 2 story lines CHARACTERS Maud, Roland SETTING Yorkshire, The Hoff Lunn Spout Hotel

CHAPTER 14 FUNCTION To make clear the parallelism between the 2 story lines CHARACTERS Maud, Roland SETTING Boggle Hole, Yorkshire

CHAPTER 15 FUNCTION to explain the reader the relationship CHARACTERS Ash, Christabel SETTING Yorkshire

CHAPTER 16 FUNCTION the proem of “the fairy melusine” CHARACTERS SETTING

CHAPTER 17 FUNCTION introduce Fergus and Cropper’s intentions CHARACTERS Fergus, Blackadder, Cropper, Val SETTING Ash’s factory,Val’s home, Soho,

CHAPTER 18 FUNCTION explain the development of the story line CHARACTERS Blackadder, Sir Bailey, Maud, Leonora, Cropper, Paola SETTING Ash’s factory, Women’s Studies Resource Centre,Maud’s home

CHAPTER 19 FUNCTION to make clear the period when Christabel lived in Brittany CHARACTERS Roland, Maud SETTING Ship to France

CHAPTER 20 FUNCTION to create suspance CHARACTERS Blackadder, Ms Patel, Cropper, Sir George,Shushila, Ash, LaMotte, Leonora SETTING City church

CHAPTER 21 FUNCTION quotation Ash's Mummy Possest CHARACTERS SETTING

CHAPTER 22 FUNCTION new situation between Euan and Val CHARACTERS Byng,Val, Euan SETTING Newmarket

CHAPTER 23 FUNCTION to make clear to the reader the development of the plot CHARACTERS Blackadder, Leonora, Roland, Maud, Cropper SETTING Brittany

CHAPTER 24 FUNCTION: ? CHARACTERS Val, Euan, Maud, Roland, Toby SETTING Lincoln

CHAPTER 25 FUNCTION Show the point of view of ellen about her relationship With ash. The chapter also breaking the balance of the story. CHARACTERS Ellen, Ash SETTING

CHAPTER 26 FUNCTION Roland manages to reach his objective in work CHARACTER Roland SETTING Roland’s house

CHAPTER 27 FUNCTION Explicitation of the concept :Roland felt possessed by the quest CHARACTERS Roland, Maud, Leonora, Blackadder, Beatrice, Crooper SETTING Mortlake

CHAPTER 28 FUNCTION to make an end to the story CHARACTERS Roland, Crooper, Hildebrand, Moud, Beatrice SETTING Rowan tree inn