The nice and the good / Iris Murdoch ; with an introduction by Catherine Bates.
Language: English Series: Vintage classicsPublisher: London : Vintage, 2000Description: xvi, 350 pages 20 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0099285266
- 9780099285267
- 823.914 21
- PR6063.U74
- He.01
Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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Book | Biblioteket HKR | Skönlitteratur | Roman Eng Murdoch | Available | 11156000168384 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A work of coruscating moral brilliance, The Nice and the Good revolves around a happily married couple, Kate and Octavian, and the friends of all ages attached to their house in Dorset. The novel deals with love in its many aspects, as embodied in a fascinating array of characters. The resonant sub plot involves murder and black magic in Whitehall, as the novel leads us through stress and terror to a profoundly joyous conclusion.
Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 1968.
Iris Murdoch's richly peopled novel revolves round a happily married couple Kate and Octavian, and the friends of all ages attached to their household in Dorset. The novel deals with love in its two aspects, the self-gratifying and the impersonal: - the nice and the good - as they are embodied in a fascinating array of paired characters. 'The Nice and the Good' leads through stress and terror to a joyous and compassionate 'Midsummer Nights Dream' conclusion, in which the couples all sort themselves out neatly and omnia vincit amor.
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