A Fairly Honourable Defeat Vintage Classics Murdoch Series

Author : Iris Murdoch
Publisher : Random House
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2008-11-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781407074955

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A Fairly Honourable Defeat (Vintage Classics Murdoch Series) by Iris Murdoch Pdf

I feel there are demons around.' Everyone is thinking about Julius King. For comfortable, long-married Hilda and Rupert, he is a mystery. For Morgan, Hilda's tormented sister, he is an obsession. For Morgan's abandoned husband, Tallis, he is the source of ruin. For Simon and Axel, deeply in love, he stirs up jealousy and unease. What is Julius thinking about? He's thinking about Hilda, Rupert, Morgan, Tallis, Simon and Axel, and they will not all survive his malevolent attention. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GARTH GREENWELL 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.

Author : Iris Murdoch
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781784875596

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A Fairly Honourable Defeat by Iris Murdoch Pdf

I feel there are demons around.' Everyone is thinking about Julius King. For comfortable, long-married Hilda and Rupert, he is a mystery. For Morgan, Hilda's tormented sister, he is an obsession. For Morgan's abandoned husband, Tallis, he is the source of ruin. For Simon and Axel, deeply in love, he stirs up jealousy and unease. What is Julius thinking about? He's thinking about Hilda, Rupert, Morgan, Tallis, Simon and Axel, and they will not all survive his malevolent attention. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GARTH GREENWELL 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.

Author : Iris Murdoch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:75008509

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A Fairly Honourable Defeat by Iris Murdoch Pdf

Author : Iris Murdoch
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003-03-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101495681

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The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch Pdf

Bradley Pearson, an unsuccessful novelist in his late fifties, has finally left his dull office job as an Inspector of Taxes. Bradley hopes to retire to the country, but predatory friends and relations dash his hopes of a peaceful retirement. He is tormented by his melancholic sister, who has decided to come live with him; his ex-wife, who has infuriating hopes of redeeming the past; her delinquent brother, who wants money and emotional confrontations; and Bradley's friend and rival, Arnold Baffin, a younger, deplorably more successful author of commercial fiction. The ever-mounting action includes marital cross-purposes, seduction, suicide, abduction, romantic idylls, murder, and due process of law. Bradley tries to escape from it all but fails, leading to a violent climax and a coda that casts shifting perspectives on all that has preceded.

Author : Iris Murdoch
Publisher : Random House
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781407019345

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The Sandcastle (Vintage Classics Murdoch Series) by Iris Murdoch Pdf

It's all dry sand running through the fingers.' When Bill Mor falls in love with Rain Carter he discovers a new way of being and a new joy in the world and his surroundings. To be with Rain he must abandon his prosaic life as a schoolmaster, his domineering wife Nan and his troubled teenaged children. He must draw on the powers of selfishness, hatred and anger in order to make the final break. But what love could survive all that violence? WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BIDISHA 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.

Author : Iris Murdoch
Publisher : Random House
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-12-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781407018331

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Under The Net (Vintage Classics Murdoch Series) by Iris Murdoch Pdf

This is real life, Jake,' she said. 'You'd better wake up.' Jake is clever, lazy and scraping by in London as a hack translator. Jake loves Anna. Anna is an elusive and lovely singer. Anna loves Hugo. Hugo is a fireworks manufacturer turned movie producer and majestic philosopher. Hugo loves Sadie. Sadie is a glossy and dazzling film starlet. Of course, Sadie loves Jake. Then there's Marvellous Mister Mars, the famous hound, who might or might not be Jake's ticket up and out of this mess. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CHARLOTTE MENDELSON 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.

Author : Iris Murdoch,John Boynton Priestley
Publisher : Samuel French , Limited
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-23
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0573015279

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A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch,John Boynton Priestley Pdf

JB Priestley's adaptation of Iris Murdoch's A Severed Head.4 women, 3 men

Author : Iris Murdoch
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101501641

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The Green Knight by Iris Murdoch Pdf

Full of suspense, humor, and symbolism, this magnificently crafted and magical novel replays biblical and medieval themes in contemporary London. An attempt by the sharp, feral, and uncommonly intelligent Lucas Graffe to murder his sensual and charismatic half-brother Clement is interrupted by a stranger—whom Lucas strikes and leaves for dead. When the stranger mysteriously reappears, with specific demands for reparation, the Graffes’ circle of idiosyncratic family and friends is disrupted—for the demands are bizarre, intrusive, and ultimately fatal.

Author : Iris Murdoch
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781784875206

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The Bell by Iris Murdoch Pdf

'In this holy community she would play the witch.' Imber Court is a quiet haven for lost souls, a utopia for those who can neither live in the world, nor out of it. But beneath the gentle daily routines of this community run currents of supressed desire, religious yearning and a legend of disastrous love. Charming, indolent Dora arrives in their midst, and half-unwittingly conjures these submerged things to the surface. 'A tragi-comic masterpiece... a magnificent novel.' Susan Hill, The Lady WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SARAH PERRY 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.

Author : Iris Murdoch
Publisher : Random House
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781407018249

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An Unofficial Rose by Iris Murdoch Pdf

After his wife's death, Hugh contemplates returning to his former mistress. His son, Randall, longs to abandon his shapeless marriage for a perfect partner. Randall's young daughter, Miranda, is adored by her Australian cousin Penn, but has attachments elsewhere. Her mother Ann has her own private dream, while taking upon herself the strains and pains of all the others. Impelled by affection, lust and illusion, these characters search for love within a tightly woven web.

Author : Iris Murdoch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1090993179

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The Bell by Iris Murdoch Pdf

Author : Iris Murdoch
Publisher : Random House
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409078760

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The Bell (Vintage Classics Murdoch Series) by Iris Murdoch Pdf

'In this holy community she would play the witch.' Imber Court is a quiet haven for lost souls, a utopia for those who can neither live in the world, nor out of it. But beneath the gentle daily routines of this community run currents of supressed desire, religious yearning and a legend of disastrous love. Charming, indolent Dora arrives in their midst, and half-unwittingly conjures these submerged things to the surface. 'A tragi-comic masterpiece... a magnificent novel.' Susan Hill, The Lady WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SARAH PERRY 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.

Author : Iris Murdoch
Publisher : Random House
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409022961

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The Black Prince (Vintage Classics Murdoch Series) by Iris Murdoch Pdf

Every artist is an unhappy lover. And unhappy lovers want to tell their story.' 'A source of wonders and delight' Spectator Ex-tax collector and author of two unpopular novels, Bradley Pearson wishes to devote his retirement to writing a masterpiece. But the doorbell and the phone keep ringing, and every ring brings with it an ex-wife, a friend in need, a sister in trouble or a young woman seeking a teacher, and so dusty, selfish Bradley is plunged into the muddles and mysteries which will end in his doom. Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize 1973. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SOPHIE HANNAH 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.

Author : Iris Murdoch
Publisher : Random House
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409043584

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The Sea, The Sea (Vintage Classics Murdoch Series) by Iris Murdoch Pdf

''I saw a monster rising from the waves.' **A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BIG JUBILEE READ PICK** **Winner of the Man Booker Prize 1978** Charles Arrowby has determined to spend the rest of his days in hermit-like contemplation. He buys a mysteriously damp house on the coast, far from the heady world of the theatre where he made his name, and there he swims in the sea, eats revolting meals and writes his memoirs. But then he meets his childhood sweetheart Hartley, and memories of her lovely, younger self crowd in - along with more recent lovers and friends - to disrupt his self-imposed exile. So instead of 'learning to be good', Charles proceeds to demonstrate how very bad he can be. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAISY JOHNSON 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.

Author : Iris Murdoch
Publisher : Vintage Books USA
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : English fiction
ISBN : 0099458446

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Under the Net by Iris Murdoch Pdf

The sea: turbulent and leaden, transparent and opaque, magician and mother... When Charles Arrowby, over sixty, a demi god of the theatre- director, playwright and actor - retires from his glittering London world in order to `abjure magic and become a hermit', it is to the sea that he turns. He hopes at least to escape from `the woman' - but unexpectedly meets one whom he loved long ago. His Buddhist cousin, James, also arrives. He is menaced by a monster from the deep. Charles finds his `solitude' peopled by the drama of his own fantasies and obsessions.