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Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch (1919–1999) was born in Dublin and brought up in London. She studied philosophy at Cambridge and was a philosophy fellow at St. Anne's College for 20 years. She published her first novel in 1954 and was instantly recognized as a major talent. She went on to publish more than 26 novels, as well as works of philosophy, plays, and poetry.
The Sea, the Sea; A Severed Head
The Black Prince
Nuns and Soldiers
The Bell
The Good Apprentice
A Fairly Honourable Defeat
The Sea, the Sea
Existentialists and Mystics
Jackson's Dilemma
The Green Knight
Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals
The Book and the Brotherhood
An Accidental Man
The Unicorn
The Sacred and Profane Love Machine
The Nice and the Good
The Sandcastle
Under the Net
A Severed Head

Books

The Sea, the Sea; A Severed Head
The Black Prince
Nuns and Soldiers
The Bell
The Good Apprentice
A Fairly Honourable Defeat
The Sea, the Sea
Existentialists and Mystics
Jackson's Dilemma
The Green Knight
Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals
The Book and the Brotherhood
An Accidental Man
The Unicorn
The Sacred and Profane Love Machine
The Nice and the Good
The Sandcastle
Under the Net
A Severed Head

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