POSSESSION - a romance - CRISTINA DEAN FEDERICA ZANABONI 5A

CHAPTER ONE Function : Introductory function Setting : September 1986 – London Library Characters : –Roland Michell –Randolph Henry Ash –James Blackadder Events : –Roland is studying Ash’s life and works –He discoveres two letters written by the poet addressed to an unnamed woman –He decides to keep them secretly

CHAPTER TWO Function : Description of Roland’s life Setting : Roland’s house Characters : –Roland Michell –Val Events : –Information about the main character –The relationship between Roland and Val –Roland tells Val about his discovery but she is not interested

CHAPTER THREE Function : The beginning of Roland’s research Setting : Prince Albert College of London, British Museum Characters : –Roland Michell –James Blackadder –Christabel LaMotte –Fergus Wolff Events : –Roland photocopies the letters but he wants the originals –He consults Crabb Robinson's diary and discoveres the unnamed woman: LaMotte –Roland meets Fergus Wolff who mentiones two famous reaserchers of LaMotte: Maud Bailey and Leonora Stern

CHAPTER FOUR Function : Meeting between Roland and Maud and involvement of Maud in the research Setting : Lincoln University, Maud’s house Characters : –Roland Michell –Maud Bailey –Christabel LaMotte –Blanche Glover (LaMotte’s friend and probable lover) Events : –Roland meets Maud Bailey –She gives him some information about LaMotte –Information about LaMotte’s life –Roland shows the two letters to Maud

CHAPTER FIVE Function : Discovery of other letters of the correspondence between Ash and LaMotte Setting : Lincolnshire, LaMotte’s house Characters : –Roland Michell –Maud Bailey –Christabel LaMotte –Sir George Bailey and Joan Bailey Events : –Roland and Maud go to see LaMotte’s grave –They meet George and Joan Bailey –They can see LaMotte’s room –Discovery of other letters

CHAPTER SIX Function: Mortimer Cropper’s great interest in Ash Setting: Mrs Wapshott’s house Characters: –Mortimer Cropper –Mrs Wapshott Events: –Cropper wants to have Mrs Wapshott’s letters (letters written to Daisy Wapshott’s husband’s mother called Sophia by Ash) –Information about Cropper’s life –Reason why Cropper is interested in Ash

CHAPTER SEVEN Function: Presentation of Beatrice Nest Setting: British Museum, Roland’s house Characters: –Beatrice Nest –Mortimer Cropper –Roland Michell –Val Events: –Information about Beatrice Nest’s life –Reason why Beatrice Nest is interested in Ash –Conversation between Roland and Beatrice –Roland can see Ellen Ash’s journal –Joan Bailey permitts Roland and Maud to study the letters

CHAPTER EIGHT Function: The beginning of Roland and Maud’s study of the letters Setting: George Bailey’s library, Maud’s house Characters: –Roland Michell –Maud Bailey –Leonora Stern –Fergus Wolff Events: –Roland and Maud start to study the letters –Maud finds two letters: one from Leonora Stern and one from Fergus Wolff

CHAPTER NINE Quotation : The Threshold written by Christabel LaMotte

CHAPTER TEN Function: The correspondence between Ash and LaMotte Characters: –Randolph Henry Ash –Christabel LaMotte Events: –Ash and LaMotte speak about their poetic projects –He wants to continue the correspondence with Christabel because he loves her but she would like to stay alone although she is falling in love with him –He invites her to participate to a journey and she accepts

CHAPTER ELEVEN Quotation: Swammerdam written by Randolph Henry Ash

CHAPTER TWELVE Function : The possible relation between Ash’s journey (1859) and Blanche Glover’s death (1860) Setting : April 1987 Characters : –Roland Michell –Maud Bailey –Beatrice Nest –Ellen Ash –Val –Blanche Glover –Fergus Wolff Events : –Roland and Maud try to understand The possible relation between Ash’s journey (1859) and Blanche Glover’s death (1860) –Letter from Blanche Glover to Ellen Ash –Beatrice Nest gives them Ellen Ash’journal

CHAPTER THIRTEEN Function: Reconstruction of Ash’s inland walks Setting : Yorkshire Characters : –Roland Michell –Maud Bailey Events : –Roland and Maud spend five days in Yorkshire visiting the places of Ash’s journey

CHAPTER FOURTEEN Function : Conviction of LaMotte’s presence in Yorkshire with Ash Setting : Yorkshire Characters : –Roland Michell –Maud Bailey Events : –Roland and Maud find the description of that pleces in LaMotte’s poem Melusina and are sure that she was there –Roland starts to court Maud

CHAPTER FIFTEEN Function : Report of Ash and LaMotte’s journey to Yorkshire Setting : Yorkshire Characters : –Randolph Henry Ash –Christabel LaMotte Events : –Ash and LaMotte went to Yorkshire

CHAPTER SIXTEEN Quotation : The Fairy Melusine written by Christabel LaMotte The young Raymondin falls in love with a beutiful woman (the Fairy Melusine), a creature half woman and half snake. They marry but he promises not to see her on Saturday. Raymondin is jelous and curios: he sees her on Saturday and understands that she is half snake.

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Function: Presence of a lot of characters and curiosity about the possible discovery made by Roland. Setting: British Museum Characters: –James Blackadder –Fergus Wolff –Val –Mortimer Cropper Events: –Fergus Wolff is looking for Roland and Maud and goes to Val –Fergus tells Blackadder and Cropper about some letters discovered by Roland about a possible relationship between Ash and LaMotte.