Bruno’s Dream (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Iris Murdoch
- First Published: 1969
- Type of Work: Psychological farce
- Time of Work: The mid-1960’s
- Setting: London, England
- Principal Characters: Bruno Greensleave, Miles Greensleave, Danby Odell, Diana, Lisa, Adelaide de Crecy, Nigel Boase, Will Boase
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Farce
- Subjects: 1960’s, Self-discovery, Spiders, Love or romance, London, Terminal illness or terminally ill, Comedy, Insects, Printing
- Locales: London, England
The Novel
The novel revolves around the last period of Bruno Greensleave’s illness, in which his bad conscience about the way he treated his long-deceased wife, his dead mistress, and his son is made the center of everyone’s life and eventually precipitates difficulties which must be met and solved not only in order that Bruno may die in peace but also to allow the others to live with some chance of making sense of their lives. Bruno’s determination to set things right with his son, Miles, whom he repudiated years ago when Miles married an Indian woman, is made most...
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