Word: victorians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Possession: A Romance by A.S. Byatt. Two contemporary British scholars, one male, one female, try to collect evidence about a presumed love affair between two Victorian poets, one male, one female. Antonia Byatt, who until recently has been known chiefly as Margaret Drabble's older sister, comes into her own as a novelist (and romancer) of dazzling inventiveness...
Thus Eton today is somewhat like an eagle in penguin's clothing. The Victorian morning dress that fashion-conscious boys once chose for the school uniform is still worn to classes, but jeans and ethnic shirts are increasingly common outside of them. Those who do not wish to win the Battle of Waterloo -- and lose limbs, mind and nerve -- on the playing fields can perform social service instead, teaching English to immigrant children or reading to the handicapped. And one recent Sunday evening, the red brick classrooms along the crooked streets were buzzing with students chatting over their terminals...
POSSESSION: A ROMANCE by A.S. Byatt (Random House; $22.95). Two young British scholars, one male, one female, investigate a possible affair between two long-gone Victorian poets. This novel, which has already won two major international fiction prizes, proves that a serious, intricate book can also be a page turner...
...psychological barriers. Only twice have armies crossed it to invade Britain: the Roman legions in 54 B.C. and the one led by William, Duke of Normandy, in 1066. Secure on their sceptered isle, Britons developed their own proud brand of insularity, summed up as "splendid isolation" during the palmy Victorian...
George, who is serving a life sentence for conspiracy to commit murder, is president of Lifers' Group Inc., headquartered behind four security doors in the gloomy Victorian fortress in Rahway, N.J. Its 54 members are serving sentences of at least 25 years for crimes ranging from armed robbery to murder. While fellow inmates pump iron, watch TV or gossip in their cells, these jailhouse Rockefellers volunteer their time to help the world outside. "I figured out early on that there were only two things I could work out here," says George, 45. "My health and my mind...