Iris Murdoch
Dame Jean Iris Murdoch ( ; 15 July 1919 – 8 February 1999) was an Irish and British novelist and philosopher. Murdoch is best known for her novels about good and evil, sexual relationships, morality, and the power of the unconscious. Her first published novel, ''Under the Net'' (1954), was selected in 1998 as one of Modern Library's 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Her 1978 novel ''The Sea, The Sea'' won the Booker Prize. In 1987, she was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II for services to literature. In 2008, ''The Times'' ranked Murdoch twelfth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".Her other books include ''The Bell'' (1958), ''A Severed Head'' (1961), ''An Unofficial Rose'' (1962), ''The Red and the Green'' (1965), ''The Nice and the Good'' (1968), ''The Black Prince'' (1973), ''Henry and Cato'' (1976), ''The Philosopher's Pupil'' (1983), ''The Good Apprentice'' (1985), ''The Book and the Brotherhood'' (1987), ''The Message to the Planet'' (1989), and ''The Green Knight'' (1993).
As a philosopher, Murdoch's best-known work is ''The Sovereignty of Good'' (1970). She was married for 43 years, until her death, to the literary critic and author John Bayley. Provided by Wikipedia
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The three arrows and The servants and the snow : plays / by Murdoch, Iris
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The sandcastle : a novel / by Murdoch, Iris
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Under the net, a novel. by Murdoch, Iris
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The fire & the sun : why Plato banished the artists / by Murdoch, Iris
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A severed head / by Murdoch, Iris
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Nuns and soldiers / by Murdoch, Iris
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Sartre, romantic realist / by Murdoch, Iris
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A fairly honourable defeat / by Murdoch, Iris
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The philosopher's pupil / by Murdoch, Iris
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The sovereignty of good. by Murdoch, Iris
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The nice and the good / by Murdoch, Iris
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The book and the brotherhood / by Murdoch, Iris
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The time of the angels / by Murdoch, Iris
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The message to the planet / by Murdoch, Iris
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Metaphysics as a guide to morals / by Murdoch, Iris
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Existentialists and mystics : writings on philosophy and literature / by Murdoch, Iris
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