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The Sandcastle: Vintage Classics Murdoch Series by Iris Murdoch
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Murdoch Ser.
VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BIDISHA 'It's all ...Show more
The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
When Charles Arrowby retires from his glittering career in the London theatre, he buys a remote house on the rocks by the sea. He hopes to escape from his tumultuous love affairs but unexpectedly bumps into his childhood sweetheart and sets his heart on destroying her marriage.
The Sea, The Sea: Vintage Classics Murdoch Series by Iris Murdoch; John Burnside (Introduction by)
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Murdoch Ser.
VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAISY JOHNSON 'I s ...Show more
The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch
Category: Fiction
Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair with Clement Makin, his mentor, both professionally and personally, and amuse himself with Lizzie, an actress he has strung al ...Show more
The Sea, the Sea and a Severed Head by Iris Murdoch
Category: Fiction
"First published in 1961, The Severed Headis regarded is one of Iris Murdoch's most entertaining works. A dark and ferocious comic masterpiece, the novel traces the turbulent emotional journey of Martin Lynch-Gibbon, a smug, well-to-do London wine merchant and unfaithful husband, whose life is turned in ...Show more
The Sovereignty of Good by Iris Murdoch
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Routledge Classics
Throughout her distinguished and prolific writing career, she explored questions of good and bad, myth and morality. The framework for Murdoch's questions - and her own conclusions - can be found in the Sovereignty of Good.
The Sovereignty of Good by Iris Murdoch
Category: Philosophy | Series: Routledge Great Minds
Iris Murdoch was one of the great philosophers and novelists of the twentieth century and The Sovereignty of Good is her most important and enduring philosophical work. She argues that philosophy has focused, mistakenly, on what it is right to do rather than good to be and that only by restoring the not ...Show more
The Time of the Angels by Iris Murdoch
Category: Classics | Series: Vintage classics
Carel Fisher is a priest who is experiencing doubt and beginning to feel hate for God. The novel explores the forces of good and evil, and studies a religious man transferring his faith from one force to the other.
Under The Net: Vintage Classics Murdoch Series by Iris Murdoch; Kiernan Ryan (Introduction by)
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Murdoch Ser.
VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels. 'This is real life, Jake,' she said. 'You'd ...Show more