The English setting the film has shown are: the London Library, Lincoln, Seal Court , Yorkshire, Hodershall and British Museum.

The naive reader comes across literary institutions : Libraries, Museums, Historical Houses and monuments.

An important asperct in the movie is the role of academy.  The role of Academy come into play thanks to the research of some characters : Moud and Roland

 Documents and letters are the engine of story-line, they allow story-line to progress and they are read loud .

 Victorian and modern characters come to surface thanks to inner settings.

There are different visions of possession: physical and mental love, possession of precious letters and documents, possession of fame. Some characters are possessed by the truth for example roland , other as Cropper are possessed by the desire to put his hand on precious documents or objects of research. Other kinds of possession : possession of the knowledge and of people's mind.

Literary erudition come to surface thanks to dialogue exchanges between characters and thanks letters.

The characterizations of the protagonists are filtered thanks to their thoughts, their actions and speeches

The director shows the bond developing between Maud and Roland parallel to the love story between Ash and LaMotte and their coming close because of the search they are carrying out.

 The juxtaposition of present and past is made up thanks to the alternation of past and present scenes, flashback.