The Bell (Vintage classics)

The Bell (Vintage classics)

by IrisMurdoch (Author)

Synopsis

First published in 1958, Iris Murdoch's funny and sad novel is about religion, the fight between good and evil and the terrible accidents of human frailty. Encamped outside Imber Abbey, home of an enclosed order of nuns, is a community of very mixed-up people waiting for the installation of a new bell, but then the old one is rediscovered.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: New
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 29 Jul 1999

ISBN 10: 0099283891
ISBN 13: 9780099283898

Author Bio
Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919 of Anglo-Irish parents. She went to Badminton School, Bristol, and read classics at Somerville College, Oxford. In 1948 she returned to Oxford where she became a fellow of St Anne's college. Awarded the CBE in 1976, Iris Murdoch was made a DBE in the 1987 New Year's Honours List. She died in February 1999.