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The nice and the good / Iris Murdoch ; with an introduction by Catherine Bates.

By: Language: English Series: Vintage classicsPublisher: London : Vintage, 2000Description: xvi, 350 pages 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0099285266
  • 9780099285267
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823.914 21
LOC classification:
  • PR6063.U74
Other classification:
  • He.01
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Barcode
Book Biblioteket HKR Skönlitteratur Roman Eng Murdoch Available 11156000168384
Total holds: 0

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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