Even the bigger bookshops increasing fail to stock her work in any depth, or so it seems to me. That had the effect of blurring many of her plots but this one continues to stand out, perhaps because it is so simple. Its interesting that Murdoch regularly featured on the Booker shortlist but since her death is in serious danger of being forgotten. I read this first, at her suggestion, then was hooked to the extent of reading no other author for pleasure for the next two years. I was horrified by meeting Dame Iris at a student dining society and having to admit (to her kind relief) that I had read nothing she'd written. The honest answer is probably 'The Bell' by Iris Murdoch. Review and plan more easily with plot and character or key figures and events analyses, important quotes, essay topics, and more. But I fear having to dissect and write essays about Eliot and Forster made them less an influence on me than they might have been. SuperSummary’s Literature Guide for The Bell by Iris Murdoch provides text-specific content for close reading, engagement, and the development of thought-provoking assignments. I hadn't noticed that, at their best, they involve a curious chain reaction of empathy linking reader, writer and character which leaves the reader not simply moved, but somehow altered. Until then I'd thought novels were purely for bravura storytelling. Both pulled me up short in my late teens with their ability to make me care deeply about the emotional lives of unimportant people. The respectable titles to give would be 'Middlemarch' or 'Howards End'.
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