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The Bell (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Iris Murdoch is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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EDITORIAL REVIEW:A lay community of thoroughly mixed-up people is encamped outside Imber Abbey, home of an order of sequestered nuns. A new bell is being installed when suddenly the old bell, a legendary symbol of religion and magic, is rediscovered. And then things begin to change. Meanwhile the wise old Abbess watches and prays and exercises discreet authority. And everyone, or almost everyone, hopes to be saved, whatever that may mean. Originally published in 1958, this funny, sad, and moving novel is about religion, sex, and the fight between good and evil. With an introduction by A. S. Byatt.
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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Iris Murdoch
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781101495667
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, History, Poetry
- Rating
- 3.86 / 5 (4,001 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- The Bell, a Novel (2000)
- La Campana/The Bell (2002)
- The Bell (Vintage Classics Murdoch Series) (2001)
- The Bell (proofread, toc) (2001)
- The Bell (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) (1958)
- The Bell (Vintage Classics) (2004)
- The Bell (Vintage Classics) (2001)
- The Bell (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) (2010)
- The Bell (Penguin Books. no. 1688.) (2000)
- The bell (1985)
- The Bell (Vintage Classics) (2007)
- Cloches (Folio) (1961)
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