Iris Murdoch Books

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The Sea, the Sea The Sea, the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.96 — 26,140 ratings — published 1978
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The Bell The Bell (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.93 — 10,692 ratings — published 1958
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The Black Prince The Black Prince (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.96 — 7,103 ratings — published 1973
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Under the Net Under the Net (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.78 — 16,596 ratings — published 1954
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A Severed Head A Severed Head (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.75 — 6,948 ratings — published 1961
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A Fairly Honourable Defeat A Fairly Honourable Defeat (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.95 — 2,648 ratings — published 1970
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The Sandcastle The Sandcastle (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.83 — 2,240 ratings — published 1957
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The Good Apprentice The Good Apprentice (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,768 ratings — published 1985
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A Word Child A Word Child (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,741 ratings — published 1975
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Bruno's Dream Bruno's Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,285 ratings — published 1969
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The Nice and the Good The Nice and the Good (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,687 ratings — published 1968
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The Italian Girl The Italian Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.43 — 2,688 ratings — published 1964
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The Sacred and Profane Love Machine The Sacred and Profane Love Machine (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,675 ratings — published 1974
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The Flight from the Enchanter The Flight from the Enchanter (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.71 — 1,318 ratings — published 1956
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The Book and the Brotherhood The Book and the Brotherhood (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,138 ratings — published 1987
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Henry and Cato Henry and Cato (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,083 ratings — published 1976
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An Unofficial Rose An Unofficial Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.77 — 1,157 ratings — published 1962
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The Unicorn The Unicorn (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.65 — 3,706 ratings — published 1963
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The Philosopher's Pupil The Philosopher's Pupil (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,440 ratings — published 1983
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The Red and the Green The Red and the Green (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.69 — 901 ratings — published 1965
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The Green Knight The Green Knight (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,679 ratings — published 1993
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The Message to the Planet The Message to the Planet (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.73 — 552 ratings — published 1989
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The Time of the Angels The Time of the Angels (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,125 ratings — published 1966
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Nuns and Soldiers (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) Nuns and Soldiers (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
by (shelved 13 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.91 — 944 ratings — published 1980
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An Accidental Man An Accidental Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.81 — 964 ratings — published 1971
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Jackson's Dilemma Jackson's Dilemma (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.18 — 1,049 ratings — published 1995
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The Sovereignty of Good The Sovereignty of Good (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,428 ratings — published 1970
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Iris Murdoch: A Life Iris Murdoch: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.93 — 289 ratings — published 1988
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Elegy for Iris Elegy for Iris (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,065 ratings — published 1998
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Something Special: A Story Something Special: A Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.10 — 933 ratings — published 1957
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Sartre: Romantic Rationalist Sartre: Romantic Rationalist (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.51 — 170 ratings — published 1953
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Existentialists and Mystics: Writings on Philosophy and Literature Existentialists and Mystics: Writings on Philosophy and Literature (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 4.16 — 299 ratings — published 1997
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Iris Murdoch, A Writer at War: Letters and Diaries, 1939-1945 Iris Murdoch, A Writer at War: Letters and Diaries, 1939-1945 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.64 — 47 ratings — published 2002
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Acastos, deux dialogues platoniciens Acastos, deux dialogues platoniciens (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.76 — 135 ratings — published 1986
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Living on Paper: Letters from Iris Murdoch, 1934-1995 Living on Paper: Letters from Iris Murdoch, 1934-1995 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 4.07 — 97 ratings — published 2015
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Degrees of Freedom Degrees of Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.85 — 26 ratings — published 1965
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The Fire and the Sun: Why Plato Banished the Artists The Fire and the Sun: Why Plato Banished the Artists (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.89 — 187 ratings — published 1976
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From a Tiny Corner in the House of Fiction: Conversations with Iris Murdoch From a Tiny Corner in the House of Fiction: Conversations with Iris Murdoch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published 2003
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Iris Murdoch (Writers and Their Work) Iris Murdoch (Writers and Their Work)
by (shelved 2 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.83 — 30 ratings — published 1976
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Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.92 — 302 ratings — published 1992
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The Murdochian Mind (Routledge Philosophical Minds) The Murdochian Mind (Routledge Philosophical Minds)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published
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Iris Murdoch (The Irish Writers Series) Iris Murdoch (The Irish Writers Series)
by (shelved 1 time as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 1975
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Poems from an Attic Poems from an Attic (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 4.16 — 19 ratings — published
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Iris Murdoch: A Centenary Celebration Iris Murdoch: A Centenary Celebration (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published 2019
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The Moral Philosophy of Iris Murdoch (Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory) The Moral Philosophy of Iris Murdoch (Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory)
by (shelved 1 time as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published
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Picturing the Human: The Moral Thought of Iris Murdoch Picturing the Human: The Moral Thought of Iris Murdoch (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 4.25 — 8 ratings — published 2000
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The Saint and the Artist: A Study of the Fiction of Iris Murdoch The Saint and the Artist: A Study of the Fiction of Iris Murdoch (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.87 — 38 ratings — published 1986
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A Philosophy to Live By: Engaging Iris Murdoch A Philosophy to Live By: Engaging Iris Murdoch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2012
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Iris Murdoch, Gender and Philosophy Iris Murdoch, Gender and Philosophy (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as iris-murdoch)
avg rating 3.33 — 3 ratings — published 2011
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Iris Murdoch
“Don't tease me. Everything wounds me now except perfect kindness.”
Iris Murdoch, The Green Knight

Iris Murdoch
“As I lay there, listening to the soft slap of the sea, and thinking these sad and strange thoughts, more and more and more stars had gathered, obliterating the separateness of the Milky Way and filling up the whole sky. And far far away in that ocean of gold, stars were silently shooting and falling and finding their fates, among these billions and billions of merging golden lights. And curtain after curtain of gauze was quietly removed, and I saw stars behind stars behind stars, as in the magical Odeons of my youth. And I saw into the vast soft interior of the universe which was slowly and gently turning itself inside out. I went to sleep, and in my sleep I seemed to hear a sound of singing.”
Iris Murdoch, The Sea, the Sea

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