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Good Apprentice,the by Iris Murdoch
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
Stuart Cuno has decided to become good. Not believing in God, he invents his own methods, which include celibacy, chastity and the abandonment of a promising academic career. Stuart's step-brother Edward Baltram is tormented by guilt because he has, he believes, killed his best friend. He dreams sometim ...Show more
Henry and Cato by Iris Murdoch
Category: Fiction
The story of two prodigal sons that questions the nature of love, whether it is a route to salvation or a type of demonic possession.
Iris Murdoch : A Writer at War - Letters and diaries of Iris Murdoch 1939-45 by Iris Murdoch (editor Peter Conradi)
Category: Biography
The never before published diaries and letters of Iris Murdoch, during WWII. Includes correspondence with the poet Frank Thomson and the diplomat David Hicks. They shed a new light on the life and mind of a brilliant young writer. Edited by Peter Conradi, Murdoch's friend and the author of her biography ...Show more
Jackson's Dilemma by Iris Murdoch
Category: Fiction
The tale begins on the eve of a wedding. Edward of Hatting Hall is to marry the lovely Marian. Benet, his rather fussy & reclusive friend & neighbor, is in charge of the proceedings. He's also the one who finds Marian's hasty note calling the whole thing off. Everyone is thrown into a tizzy. As ...Show more
Living on Paper: Letters from Iris Murdoch 1934-1995 by Iris Murdoch
Category: Biography
'Love is the extremely difficult realisation that something other than oneself is real'. This selection of Iris Murdoch's most interesting and important letters gives us a living portrait of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers and thinkers. Here for the first time is Murdoch in her own words ...Show more
Living on Paper: Letters from Iris Murdoch 1934-1995 by Iris Murdoch
Category: Biography
'Love is the extremely difficult realisation that something other than oneself is real'. This selection of Iris Murdoch's most interesting and important letters gives us a living portrait of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers and thinkers. Here for the first time is Murdoch in her own words ...Show more
MESSAGE TO THE PLANET by MURDOCH IRIS
Category: Fiction
For years, Alfred Ludens has pursued mathematician and philosopher Marcus Vallar in the belief that he possesses a profound metaphysical formula, a missing link of great significance to mankind.Luden's friends are more sceptical. Jack Sheerwater, painter, thinks Marcus is crazy. Gildas herne, ex-preist, ...Show more
Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals by Iris Murdoch
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
Can we reject the literal truth of the Gospels, yet still retain a Christian morality? Can we defence any moral values against the constant enroachments of technology? Indeed, are we in danger of losing most of the qualities which make us truly human? This work conducts a debate with major writers, thin ...Show more
Nuns and Soldiers by Iris Murdoch
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage classics
Gertrude has lost her husband and Anne, an ex-nun, her God. They plan to live together and do good works. Tim is a different sort of soldier. He plans to live off rich friends. Who will judge whom in this story?
Sartre: Romantic Rationalist by Iris Murdoch
Category: Classic Fiction
Sartre's powerful political passions were united with a memorable literary gift, placing him foremost among the novelists, as well as the philosophers, of our time. Iris Murdoch's pioneering study analyses and evaluates the different strands of Sartre's rich and complex oeurve. Combining the objectivity ...Show more
Something Special by Iris Murdoch
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
Something Special was previously unpublished except in a 1950s anthology and in Japan, and rediscovered after her death. It is the only short story that Iris Murdoch ever wrote for publication. Set in Dublin, against the vividly recognisable backdrop of the writer's native city in the late fifties, Some ...Show more