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Jackson's Dilemma

Jackson's Dilemma

by IrisMurdoch (Author)

  • Used

    Hardcover 1995

    $3.16

  • Used

    Paperback 1996

    $3.16
Synopsis

Edward Lannion, the young master of Hatting Hall, is about to marry Marian Fox. At Penndean, a nearby house, preparations are under way for the wedding, overseen by the anxious Benet. Family and friends gather together for a celebratory dinner on the eve of the ceremony. The night is warm and clear, and after dinner the guests walk in the grounds and under the stars, full of happy anticipation. But then there is a sudden and extraordinary event, which changes everything. Iris Murdoch's new novel is a marvellous and compelling human comedy. Edward and Marian, the couple at the centre of the story, are led by events to learn the truth about themselves; in the process, their friends, and lovers, are forced to make new choices, and see things as they are. And watching over all of them is Jackson, Benet's servant, a dark, mysterious and dangerous presence. It is Jackson who must intervene in the story to set the two young lovers onto the right path. Funny, moving and utterly gripping, JACKSON'S DILEMMA is a triumphant achievement by our greatest writers.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 256
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Published: 05 Oct 1995
ISBN 10: 0701165111
ISBN 13: 9780701165116
Book Overview: Iris Murdoch's wonderful new novel, a very warm and compelling love story.

Author Bio
Irish Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919, grew up in London, and received her university education at Oxford and later at Cambridge. Since 1948 she has been a Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford, where for many years she taught philosophy. She lives in Oxford with her husband, John Bayley. Irish Murdoch made her debut as a writer in 1954 with Under the Net. Amongst the honours and awards she has received since then are the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Whitbread Literary Award and the Booker Prize; in 1987 she was made a Dame of the British Empire. Her twenty-five novels include: Under the Net, her first novel, published in 1954, the Booker Prize-winning The Sea, The Sea (1978), and the two most recent titles: The Message to the Planet (1989) and The Green Knight (1993). Iris Murdoch has written several works of philosophy which include Satre, Romantic Rationalist; The Sovereignty of Good; The Fire and the Sun: Why Plato Banished the Artists; Acastos: Two Platonic Dialogues and Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals. Her plays include A Severed Head, The Italian Girl, The Three Arrows, The Servants and the Snow, The One Alone, a radio play with music by Gary Carpenter, and The Black Prince, adapted from her novel. She has also written the libretto for an opera, The Servants, by William Matthias, and has published a volume of poetry, A Year of Birds, which has been set to music by Malcolm Williamson.