Iris Murdoch






Iris Murdoch

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born
July 15, 1919

died
February 08, 1999

gender
female

place of birth
Dublin, Ireland

genre
Literature & Fiction, Philosophy


about this author

Dame Jean Iris Murdoch

Irish-born British writer, university lecturer and prolific and highly professional novelist, Iris Murdoch dealt with everyday ethical or moral issues, sometimes in the light of myths. As a writer, she was a perfectionist who did not allow editors to change her text. Murdoch produced 26 novels in 40 years, the last written while she was suffering from Alzheimer disease.

"She wanted, through her novels, to reach all possible readers, in different ways and by different means: by the excitement of her story, its pace and its comedy, through its ideas and its philosophical implications, through the numinous atmosphere of her own original and created world--the world she must have glimpsed as sh...more




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The Sea, The Sea The Sea, The Sea
by Iris Murdoch
avg rating 3.95 — 869 ratings — published 1978
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A Severed Head A Severed Head
by Iris Murdoch
avg rating 3.74 — 502 ratings — published 1961
14 editions
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The Bell The Bell
by Iris Murdoch
avg rating 3.83 — 480 ratings — published 1958
13 editions
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Under the Net Under the Net
by Iris Murdoch
avg rating 3.73 — 468 ratings — published 1954
12 editions
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The Black Prince The Black Prince
by Iris Murdoch
avg rating 3.91 — 331 ratings — published 1973
13 editions
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A Fairly Honourable Defeat A Fairly Honourable Defeat
by Iris Murdoch, Peter Reed
avg rating 4.05 — 234 ratings — published 1970
8 editions
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The Green Knight The Green Knight
by Iris Murdoch
avg rating 3.83 — 234 ratings — published 1993
10 editions
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The Good Apprentice The Good Apprentice
by Iris Murdoch
avg rating 3.81 — 214 ratings — published 1985
8 editions
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The Unicorn The Unicorn
by Iris Murdoch
avg rating 3.65 — 214 ratings — published 1977
5 editions
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The Nice and the Good The Nice and the Good
by Iris Murdoch
avg rating 3.86 — 201 ratings — published 1968
10 editions
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"Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck."
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"Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real. "
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"I think being a woman is like being Irish... Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the time."
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