Nuns and Soldiers (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Iris Murdoch
- First Published: 1980
- Type of Work: Philosophical romance
- Time of Work: The late 1970’s
- Setting: London, Cumbria, and the south of France
- Principal Characters: Guy Openshaw, Gertrude Openshaw, Anne Cavidge, Peter (The Count) Szczepanski, Tim Reede
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Philosophical realism
- Subjects: 1970’s, France or French people, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Love or romance, Art or artists, Religion, Friendship, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Obsession, England or English people, Cancer, Feminism, Lesbianism or lesbians, Death or dying, Good and evil, London, Remarriage, Women’s movement, Christ figures or saviors, Wealth, Convents or nunneries, Nuns
- Locales: France, London, England
The Novel
The novel begins in the last weeks of Guy Openshaw’s life. A group of close friends and relatives, accustomed to meeting at the Openshaws’, hover about helplessly as Guy sinks deeper into his suffering and his wife tries to shield him from intrusion. He wishes to see only one of their friends, the Count, and his wife is deeply disturbed not only by his illness but also because he has little time for her although they have had a very good marriage. Consolation of a sort comes to her with the arrival of her old friend Anne Cavidge, who, having lost her faith, has...
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