Iris: a memoir of Iris Murdoch

288 Pages·2012·1.509 MB·English

by  Bayley, John;Murdoch, Iris

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John Bayley is the author of Alice, The Queer Captain,
George’s Lair and The Red Hat. His trilogy of non-
fiction works Iris: A Memoir,  Iris and the Friends: A
Year of Memories and Widower’s House: A Study in
Bereavement became international bestsellers. He is
also the author of the acclaimed study The Power of
Delight: A Lifetime in Literature. He was Warton
Professor of English at the University of Oxford.
Also by John Bayley
IRIS AND THE FRIENDS
A Year of Memories
WIDOWER’S HOUSE
A Study in Bereavement
THE POWER OF DELIGHT
A Lifetime in Literature
I R I S

A Memoir of
Iris Murdoch
JOHN BAYLEY
Duckworth Overlook
This edition 2012
First published in 1998 by
Duckworth Overlook
90-93 Cowcross Screet
London EC1B 6BF
[email protected]
www.ducknet.co.uk
© 1998 by John Bayley
All rights reserved. No part of this publication
may by reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic
mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise,
without the prior permission of the publisher.
A catalogue record for this book is available
from the British Library.
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Contents
Part I
THEN
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Part II
NOW
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For Peter Conradi and James O’Neill
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PART I
THEN
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