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    Iris Murdoch

    Irish-born British writer and philosopher (1919–1999)

    Dame Jean Iris Murdoch was an Irish and British novelist and philosopher. Murdoch is best known for her novels about good and evil, sexual relationships, morality, and the power of the unconscious. Her first published novel, Under the Net, was selected in 1998 as one of Modern Library's 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Her 1978 novel The Sea, The Sea won the Booker Prize. In 1987, she was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II for services to literature. In 2008, The Times ranked Murdoch twelfth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". Her other books include The Bell, A Severed Head, An Unofficial Rose, The Red and the Green, The Nice and the Good, The Black Prince, Henry and Cato, The Philosopher's Pupil, The Good Apprentice, The Book and the Brotherhood, The Message to the Planet, and The Green Knight. As a philosopher, Murdoch's best-known work is The Sovereignty of Good. Wikipedia

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    Dame Jean Iris Murdoch DBE (/ ˈ m ɜːr d ɒ k / MUR-dok; 15 July 1919 - 8 February 1999) was an Irish and British novelist and philosopher.Murdoch is best known for her novels about good and evil, sexual relationships, morality, and the power of the unconscious.Her first published novel, Under the Net (1954), was selected in 1998 as one of Modern Library's 100 best English-language novels ...
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    Nov 9, 2023It is an example too of how, in her books, a deep thinker like Murdoch allowed those characters who take life less seriously to escape unscathed. (See also Dora Greenfield in her 1958 novel The Bell, another good place to start.) Iris Murdoch was a productive writer of 26 novels and five works of philosophy.
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    Iris Murdoch is an Irish and British published author. She also went by Dame Jean Iris Murdoch. She was a novelist, philosopher, and lecturer. Murdoch was born July 15, 1919 in Dublin, Ireland. She was the daughter to Irene Alice and Wills John Hughes Murdoch. Her father came from a family that farmed sheep and worked as a civil servant.
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    Under the Net is a 1954 novel by Iris Murdoch.It was Murdoch's first published novel. Set in London, it is the story of a struggling young writer, Jake Donaghue. Its mixture of the philosophical and the picaresque has made it one of Murdoch's most popular novels.. It is dedicated to Raymond Queneau.When Jake leaves Madge's flat in Chapter 1, two of the books he mentions taking are Murphy by ...
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    The first Book Society edition of Iris Murdoch's celebrated novel about a lay religious community in Gloucestershire. £68.00. Stock Code: 928F44 ... A fine first edition of Iris Murdoch's loose retelling on the medieval poem 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight', in the original publisher's fine unclipped dustwrapper. ...
  7. Iris Murdoch's first novel is set in a part of London where struggling writers rub shoulders with successful bookies, and film starlets with frantic philosophers. Its hero, Jake Donaghue, is a drifting, clever, likeable young man who makes a living out of translation work and sponging on his friends.
  8. bibliolifestyle.com

    Jul 13, 2023Which Iris Murdoch book should beginners read first? If you're a beginner to Murdoch's work, then the best book to start with is her debut novel, Under the Net. Written in 1954, this novel follows the story of an aspiring writer who finds himself entangled in various romantic entanglements, much of his own doing. ...
  9. mostrecommendedbooks.com

    Jan 1, 2024Browse our complete guide to all 35 Iris Murdoch books in order (from the series written by Iris Murdoch). Plus, we've organized our list in order. Iris Murdoch Books in Order (35 Book Series) Description. Iris Murdoch has written a series of 35 books. Here, you can see them all in order! (plus the year each book was published)
  10. Iris Murdoch is best known for her novels about the power of the unconscious, good and evil, sexuality, and morality. Now, this is an author who passed away in 1999, so her books are definitely on the older side - but don't think they aren't amazing! Just before she passed, Murdoch's first book was named as one of the best English ...

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