by A.S. Byatt
This is a novel that made me cringe time after time, and yet I am compelled to say I loved it (not as much as [b:The Virgin in the Garden|86888|The Virgin in the Garden|A.S. Byatt|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1399401834s/86888.jpg|245459], perhaps, and not as much as [b:Possession|41219|Possession|...
Putting this on hold until I read "Virgin." I think I'm missing too much because of being unfamiliar with the characters.
The organizer of the book club I'd recently joined chose this for the group to read, citing it as one of her favorite novels read during the one year of an aborted Master's in literature that she managed to bring up at least twice per meeting. I got this book out of the library. A few days later, I ...