In 1948 she returned to Oxford as fellow and tutor at St Anne’s College and later taught at the Royal College of Art. She read Classics at Somerville College, Oxford, and after working in the Treasury and abroad, was awarded a research studentship in Philosophy at Newnham College, Cambridge. To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels. VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize 1973. But the doorbell and the phone keep ringing, and every ring brings with it an ex-wife, a friend in need, a sister in trouble or a young woman seeking a teacher, and so dusty, selfish Bradley is plunged into the muddles and mysteries which will end in his doom. And unhappy lovers want to tell their story.'Įx-tax collector and author of two unpopular novels, Bradley Pearson wishes to devote his retirement to writing a masterpiece. Iris Murdoch's brilliant, prize-winning novel – now republished as part of the Vintage Classics Murdoch Series – six gorgeous editions of her best, funniest and most subversive novels published to mark her centenary.
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