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The Sea, The Sea

  • Imprint: Vintage Classics

  • ISBN: 9780099560999

  • Length: 608  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 38mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 498g

  • RRP: £9.99

The Sea, The Sea

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN BURNSIDE

When Charles Arrowby retires from his glittering career in the London theatre, he buys a remote house on the rocks by the sea. He hopes to escape from his tumultuous love affairs but unexpectedly bumps into his childhood sweetheart and sets his heart on destroying her marriage. His equilibrium is further disturbed when his friends all decide to come and keep him company and Charles finds his seaside idyll severely threatened by his obsessions.

  • Imprint: Vintage Classics

  • ISBN: 9780099560999

  • Length: 608  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 38mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 498g

  • RRP: £9.99

Reviews

  • "There is no doubt in my mind that Iris Murdoch is one of the most important novelists now writing in English...The power of her imaginative vision, her intelligence and her awareness and revelation of human truth are quite remarkable"

    The Times

  • "Dazzlingly entertaining and inventive"

    The Times

  • "Funny and poignant and arguably Murdoch's finest hour"

    Daily Express

  • "A fantastic feat of imagination as well as a marvellous sustained piece of writing"

    Vogue

  • "An enjoyable, thought-provoking and unforgettable novel"

    Daily Mail

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About the Author

Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919. She read Classics at Somerville College, Oxford, and after working in the Treasury and abroad, was awarded a research studentship in Philosophy at Newnham College, Cambridge. In 1948 she returned to Oxford as fellow and tutor at St Anne's College and later taught at the Royal College of Art. Until her death in 1999, she lived in Oxford with her husband, the academic and critic, John Bayley. She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1987 and in the 1997 PEN Awards received the Gold Pen for Distinguished Service to Literature.

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