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  <title><![CDATA[Murder in the Cathedral]]></title>
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  <default_description>A dramatization in verse of the murder of Thomas Becket at Canterbury. 'The theatre as well as the church is enriched by this poetic play of grave beauty and momentous decision.'--NY Times. 'Within its limits the play is a masterpiece... Mr. Eliot has written no better poem than this and none which seems simpler.'--Mark Van Doren, The Nation.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1935</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[T.S. Eliot]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[A fabulous verse-drama about the martyrdom of Thomas Becket. Most of the action is in Thomas's head, as he rejects the easy solutions presented by his Tempters, and decides to stick to the course which inevitably leads to his death. My favorite lines are the following:<blockquote><em>The last temptation is the grea...</em></blockquote><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39351224">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Mar 02 19:47:19 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just to be honest, the first part of this book was tough to get through (ok ok it was boring).  Eliot sets up the first half largely as a dreamlike  conversation between Archbishop Beckett and three invisible tempters.  These evil apparitions reflect Thomas' own thoughts about betraying the king, ap...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47424229">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Mar 17 22:43:47 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[<em><strong>&quot;Many persons have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.&quot;</strong></em><strong> ~Helen Keller </strong><br/><br/>I first heard of Archbishop Thomas Becket of Canterbury last month while reading <em>The Pillars of the Earth...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47821888">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="66742209">
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    <body><![CDATA[prix nobel de littérature 1948<br/>*<br/><br/>Meurtre dans la cathédrale est une pièce de théâtre en vers et en prose de T. S. Eliot, consacrée au meurtre de l'archevêque de Cantorbéry Thomas Becket en 1170. <br/><br/>Créée le 15 juin 1935 dans le chapitre de la cathédrale de Cantorb...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66742209">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40748919">
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  <read_at>Tue Dec 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Dec 23 07:12:03 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I do much better when I can see a play rather than read it, and Murder in the Cathedral is one I definitely needed to see. In fact, Murder in the Cathedral was one of the harder plays for me to read, and I think it would have helped if I had at least listened to it on tape because then I could hear ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40748919">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73519218">
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    <body><![CDATA[It was interesting and there was certainly some interesting quotes in the play worth reading, but really, I was just dying to get my hands on some T.S. Eliot just to see if I was missing anything. <br/><br/>The beginning of it was very boring, boring to the point where I had to go back and re-read p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73519218">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67011635">
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A play about the murder of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canturbury, in 1170. I read this in an afternoon...not terribly long or difficult, though I'm sure that I will see more a second time through (typical with poetry).  Probably not my favorite of Eliot's work, but still good.  It would be interes...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67011635">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="69070961">
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A play based on the murder of Thomas Becket in 1170.  I saw the movie &quot;Becket&quot; with Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton, so when I saw the book I thought it would be interesting, and it was was.  It was a nice blend of literature and politics.]]></body>
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    <review id="19070113">
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    <name><![CDATA[Kristen]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Feb 11 13:33:32 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This short play by T.S. Eliot dramatizes the murder (and martyrdom) of Thomas Beckett, former archbishop of Canterbury.  Having studied that period of church history during my college career, I found the play well done, interesting, and worth reading to be sure.  Surely the use of the knights as tem...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19070113">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="64089645">
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    <name><![CDATA[g026r]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Canada]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[As poetry, it's quite good. As drama, I'm not entirely sold. The notes, however, show a degree of slavishness to the author that is frankly embarrassing and irritating.]]></body>
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    <review id="56340321">
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    <name><![CDATA[Valerie]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[brilliant, profound, unsettling...I would love to see this drama performed.....everyone should read this - it's only 88 pages...no excuse...]]></body>
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    <review id="51309037">
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    <name><![CDATA[Paul]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a good play about a murder of a priest by soldiers of Henry II.  I enjoyed reading it and would really love to see it on stage.]]></body>
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    <review id="71196675">
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    <body><![CDATA[Murder in the Cathedral (A Harvest/Hbj Book) by T. S. Eliot (1964)]]></body>
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    <review id="59164672">
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    <body><![CDATA[Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot (1976)]]></body>
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    <review id="47829611">
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    <name><![CDATA[Douglas]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really good.]]></body>
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    <review id="46197958">
    <user id="351570">
    <name><![CDATA[honestly mem]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am going to have to reread this, I think!]]></body>
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    <review id="49497070">
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    <name><![CDATA[Enna Isilee]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[*sigh* I really struggle with classic literature.]]></body>
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    <review id="28381377">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jordan]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Without hesitation, one of the best books I have read in the past five years.  It is a quick and easy read, in which every page is better than the one before.  Absolutely magnificent.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[T.S. Elliot once told Groucho Marx that he wished that his poetry weren't required reading in  schools.  I am happy to report that I was not required to read <em>Murder in the Cathedral</em>, but tracked it down after reading <em>The Wasteland</em>, which was required.  The murder of Thomas Becket has provided us wit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23768463">more...</a>]]></body>
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