POSSESSION a romance CRISTINA DEAN FEDERICA ZANABONI 5

POSSESSION - a romance CRISTINA DEAN FEDERICA ZANABONI 5 A

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 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 La. Motte Fergus Wolff • Events: – Roland photocopies the letters but he wants the originals – He consults Crabb Robinson's diary and discoveres the unnamed woman: La. Motte – Roland meets Fergus Wolff who mentiones two famous reaserchers of La. Motte: Maud Bailey and Leonora Stern

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

CHAPTER FIVE • Function: Discovery of other letters of the correspondence between Ash and La. Motte • Setting: Lincolnshire, La. Motte’s house • Characters: – – • Events: – – Roland Michell Maud Bailey Christabel La. Motte Sir George Bailey and Joan Bailey Roland Maud go to see La. Motte’s grave They meet George and Joan Bailey They can see La. Motte’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 Beatrice Roland can see Ellen Ash’s journal Joan Bailey permits Roland Maud to study the letters

CHAPTER EIGHT • Function: The beginning of Roland 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 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 La. Motte

CHAPTER TEN • Function: The correspondence between Ash and La. Motte • Characters: – Randolph Henry Ash – Christabel La. Motte • Events: – Ash and La. Motte 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 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 Maud spend five days in Yorkshire visiting the places of Ash’s journey

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

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

CHAPTER SIXTEEN • Quotation: The Fairy Melusine written by Christabel La. Motte The young Raymondin falls in love with a beautiful woman (the Fairy Melusine), a creature half woman and half snake. They marry but he promises not to see her on Saturday. Raymondin is jealous 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 Maud and goes to Val – Fergus tells Blackadder and Cropper about some letters discovered by Roland about a possible relationship between Ash and La. Motte.

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN • Function: Development of researches • Setting: Women’s Studies Resource Centre and Maud’s house (Lincoln), Seal Court • Characters: – – – • Events: James Blackadder Maud Bailey Leonora Stern Mortimer Cropper Roland Michell Sir George Bailey – Maud tries to understand the connection between La. Motte’s absence and Blanche Glover’s death – Cropper meets George Bailey – Cropper and Blackadder are looking for Roland

CHAPTER NINETEEN • Function: Explanation of La. Motte’s journey to Brittany • Setting: Brittany • Characters: – – • Events: – Christabel La. Motte Sabine De Kercoz (La. Motte’s cousin) Maud Bailey Ariane Le Minier Maud finds Sabine De Kercoz’s papiers that refer to La. Motte’s travel to Brittany – The question of a possible child of La. Motte and Ash

CHAPTER TWENTY • Function: The discovery of the letters became public • Setting: Television Studio • Characters: – Mortimer Cropper – James Blackadder – Leonora Stern • Events: – Mortimer Cropper gives a lecture – James Blackadder reads some books to understand the connection between Ash and La. Motte – Blackadder and Leonora participate to a television program

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE • Quotation: Mummy Possest written by Randolph Henry Ash

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO • Function: The beginning of a ferocious wrangle for the documents • Setting: Newmarket • Characters: – Val – Euan Mac. Intyre – Toby Byng • Events: – The relationship between Val and Euan – Toby Byng is involved in literary solicitor

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE • Function: Maud and Roland’s escape • Setting: Baie des Tréspassés (Brittany) • Characters: – – – Maud Bailey Roland Michell Leonora Stern James Blackadder Mortimer Cropper • Events: – Maud and Roland go back home because they see Leonora, Blackadder and Cropper. – Leonora, Blackadder and Cropper eat together

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR • Function: Maud could have the ownership of the letters • Setting: Lincoln • Characters: – – – • Events: – Maud Bailey Roland Michel Val Euan Mac. Intyre Toby Byng (Sir George’s lawyer) Beatrice Nest Euan, Val, Toby, Maud and Roland eat together and discuss about copyright and ownership of documents – Beatrice Nest tells Maud about the discussion between Cropper and Hildebrand Ash: Cropper want to keep a pack in Ash’s grave

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE • Function: Ellen’s reactions • Setting: Ash’s house • Characters: – – • Events: – Ellen Ash Christabel La. Motte Randolph Henry Ash Blanche Glover La. Motte writes a letter to Ash because he is ill but Ellen doesn’t give him the letter – Flashback: Ash confesses to Ellen his love for another woman – Ellen discovers the presence of a child reading Ash’s letter to La. Motte – Ellen puts La. Motte’s letter into Ash’s grave

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX • Function: Roland’s unexpected success • Setting: Roland’s house • Characters: – Roland Michell • Events: – Roland finds some letters: they are job offers from Hong Kong, Amsterdam, and Barcelona and a letter from Blackadder.

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN • Function: Roland’s confessions • Setting: Beatrice Nest’s house • Characters: – – – – • Events: Roland Michell Maud Bailey Val Euan Mac. Intyre Beatrice Nest James Blackadder Leonora Stern – More discussion of ownership and copyrights of letters – Roland confesses how he came upon the original two letters and the research – They want to intercept Cropper

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT • Function: Conclusion of the story • Setting: Hodershall • Characters: – – – – • Events: Roland Michell Maud Bailey Beatrice Nest James Blackadder Leonora Stern Mortimer Cropper Hildebrand Ash – Cropper and Hildebrand find the box but they are stopped by Roland the others – They read La. Motte’s hidden letter and they research is finished

POSTSCRIPT • Function: No one can know the truth!!! Ash meets his daughter Maia