Book description
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY A. S. BYATT
Dora Greenfield, erring wife, returns to live with her husband in a
a lay community encamped outside Imber Abbey, home to a mysterious
enclosed order of nuns. Watched over by its devout director and the
discreet authority of the wise old Abbess, Imber Court is a haven for
lost souls seeking tranquility. But then the lost Abbey bell,
legendary symbol of religion and magic, is rediscovered, and hidden
truths and desires are forced into the light.
Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919 of Anglo-Irish parents. She
went to Badminton School, Bristol, and read classics at Somerville
College, Oxford. In 1948 she returned to Oxford where she became a
fellow of St Anne's college. Awarded the CBE in 1976, Iris Murdoch was
made a DBE in the 1987 New Year's Honours List. She died in February
1999.
