Later, while working as a maid at the Bradfords' mansion, Anna learns that the plague is making its way through London.Īnna takes her sons out into the woods to enjoy nature, and Michael joins them briefly and plays with the children. However, Anna realizes that she has children to tend to.
Anna ponders Anys's sexual freedom and is slightly jealous of her carefree spirit. Anys admits that the two were involved in a sexual relationship, but that George had strong feelings for Anna. His last words instruct the women to burn the dresses.Īnna becomes curious about George’s relationship with Anys Gowdie, the town’s primary caregiver. After receiving beautiful bolts of cloth from London and making several dresses, George Viccars becomes violently ill.
The two had an immediate romantic attraction, but Anna tempered her feelings. To make ends meet, she took in tailor George Viccars as a tenant. Michael’s faith has left him he feels nothing for the town anymore.īefore the plague, Anna had already suffered a loss after her husband died and left her alone with two children. Michael refuses to go with Elizabeth, saying that he is showing her family the same level of courtesy they showed the village when the plague first struck. Both she and Michael are tired and worn out, and it is impossible for them to feel sympathy for Elizabeth Bradford when she comes calling for Michael to help her sick mother. Byatt's Posession, Year of Wonders blends learning and romance into an unforgettable read.Year of Wonders is about Anna Frith and the villagers of Eyam as they try to survive the plague of 1666 by isolating themselves from other towns in England.Īnna Frith visits rector Michael Mompellion, who has become unstable after his wife Elinor’s death. Like Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha and A.
As the death toll rises and people turn from prayers and herbal cures to sorcery and murderous witch-hunting, Anna emerges as an unlikely and courageous heroine in the village's desperate fight to save itself.Įxploring love and learning, fear and fanaticism, and the struggle of science and religion to interpret the world at the cusp of the modern era, Year of Wonders is at once a story of unconventional love and a richly detailed evocation of a riveting moment in history. The story is told through the eyes of eighteen-year-old Anna Frith, the vicar's maid, as she confronts the loss of her family, the disintegration of her community, and the lure of a dangerous and illicit love. A visionary young preacher convinces the villagers to seal themselves off in a deadly quarantine to prevent the spread of disease. In 1666, a tainted bolt of cloth from London carries bubonic infection to this isolated settlement of shepherds and lead miners. This gripping historical novel is based on the true story of Eyam, the "Plague Village," in the rugged mountain spine of England.
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