Dec 19, 2009

The Bell | The Bell

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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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The Bell | The Bell

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Characters Discussed

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