The Bell (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Iris Murdoch
- First Published: 1958
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Philosophical realism
- Time of Work: the 1950’s
- Setting: England
- Genres: Long fiction, Philosophical realism
- Subjects: 1950’s, Gay men, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Mental illness, England or English people, Legends, Eccentrics or eccentricities, Convents or nunneries, Nuns, Religious life, Bells
- Locales: England
Characters Discussed
Michael Meade, the undistinguished- looking founder and unofficial leader of Imber Court, a place next to a convent that is home to a community of religious laypersons. A good man who awaits a religious call, Michael is caught between the conflicting demands of leadership and compassion, of spiritual and sensual love. Now thirty-nine years old, he had been a schoolmaster. Despite his homosexuality, he hoped to become a priest. Led by his pupil Nick Frawley into a comparatively innocent love relationship, he was dismissed when Nick lied to the headmaster,...
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