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Can I read The Time of the Angels on EtoBox?
The Time of the Angels by Murdoch, Iris is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Time of the Angels about?
Carel is widowed rector presiding over a London church destroyed during the war. The rectory is home to an array of residents: his daughter, Muriel; his beautiful invalid ward, Elizabeth; their West Indian servant, Pattie; Eugene, a Russian emigre, and his delinquent son, Leo. Carel's brother, Marcus, is co-guardian of Elizabeth, but his attempts to get closer to the rector are constantly rebuffed.These seven characters maintain a constant dance of attraction and repulsion, misunderstanding and revelation, the centre of which is the enigmatic Carel himself - a priest who believes that, God being dead, His angels have been released.
Who reads The Time of the Angels?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Murdoch, Iris
- Publisher
- Random House; Vintage
- Published
- 1978
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780099429098
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.88 / 5 (439 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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