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Under the Net.
by MURDOCH, Iris
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus,, 1954. Becoming a novelist First edition, first impression, of the author's first novel, a best-seller that "precipitated her to instant fame" (Wilson, p. 89). One contemporary reviewer declared, "it is quite evidently the work of a new writer of considerable importance" (The Sphere, 12 June 1954). Although this self-reflective novel "is not strictly a 'diary', male first-person narrative liberated her. [Murdoch] had hit upon an idiom in which she felt instinctively at home, and to which she would return, which enabled her to speak confidently through a masculine persona" (Conradi, p. 380). Octavo. Original red boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket, designed by Victor Ross. Edges lightly foxed, a near-fine copy in bright dust jacket, unclipped, a little rubbed, a couple of small chips and creases to extremities, hint of foxing to flaps, in very good condition. Peter J. Conradi, Iris: The Life of Iris Murdoch, 2002; A. N. Wilson, Iris Murdoch as I Knew Her, 2004.
Synopsis
Published in 1954, Under the Net is the first novel by Anglo-Irish novelist, Iris Murdoch. The novel depicts the comedic struggles of Jake Donaghue, a striving young writer, to make it in the world and redeem himself for past faults. After getting kicked out of the house where he was freeloading, Jake finds his way to the workplace of his ex-girlfriend, Anna Quentin, who tells him to contact her sister, Sadie, for help. Jake quickly realizes that the two sisters have a connection to Hugo Belfounder, an old friend and philosopher who Jake betrayed by writing a novel about their philosophical conversations. After a series of misadventures, Jake and Hugo finally reconnect, and Jake reconciles with his past and ultimately realizes that his literary adventures are just beginning. Under the Net propelled Iris Murdoch to the public eye–it is known as one of her most popular novels. In 1998, Under the Net was selected as one of the books to appear in the Modern Library’s 100 Best Novels of the 20th-century list.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 162305
- Title
- Under the Net.
- Author
- MURDOCH, Iris
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Chatto & Windus,
- Date Published
- 1954
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