The Sandcastle (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Iris Murdoch
- First Published: 1957
- Type of Work: Philosophical romance
- Time of Work: The mid-1950’s
- Setting: The counties of Surrey and Dorset, England, and London
- Principal Characters: Bill Mor, Nan Mor, Donald Mor, Felicity Mor, Rain Carter
- Genres: Long fiction, Philosophical realism
- Subjects: 1950’s, Teaching or teachers, Freedom, Child rearing or parenting, Family or family life, Love or romance, Social issues, Marriage, England or English people, London, Ethics, Painting or painters
- Locales: England, London, England, Dorset, England, Surrey, England
The Novel
Bill Mor, vaguely dissatisfied with his life, is faced with possibilities and choices which he could not have expected. The novel begins, appropriately, with Bill in verbal combat with his wife, Nan Mor, over his future and the future of their children. Mor wants to run for Parliament; Nan does not want him to do so. He wants his children to go to the university; she sees it as a waste of money. It is clear that Nan usually wins such arguments, and that Bill usually backs down and apologizes. He is determined, this time, to have his way.
The matter is...
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