![]() ![]() To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels. a magnificent novel.' Susan Hill, The Lady WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SARAH PERRY VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. Charming, indolent Dora arrives in their midst, and half-unwittingly conjures these submerged things to the surface. ![]() But beneath the gentle daily routines of this community run currents of supressed desire, religious yearning and a legend of disastrous love. ![]() 'In this holy community she would play the witch.' Imber Court is a quiet haven for lost souls, a utopia for those who can neither live in the world, nor out of it. Dora Greenfield, erring wife, returns to her husband. A new bell, legendary symbol of religion and magic, is rediscovered. a magnificent novel.' Susan Hill, The Lady WITH AN. Byatt (Introduction) 3.91 8,156 ratings779 reviews A lay community of thoroughly mixed-up people is encamped outside Imber Abbey, home of an enclosed order of nuns. ![]() ![]()
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