Under the Net

by Murdoch, Iris

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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The first edition of Under the Net was published in the U.K. in 1954 by Chatto & Windus. This edition is hardcover, with a dust jacket which contains art by Victor Ross on the front cover.

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1956
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1956. First Edition, Third Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Sextodecimo. 5 x 7.5 in. 286 pp. Very good in original teal boards with a firm binding and clean pages, and a very good illustrated dust jacket that has fading and toning on the spine and light wear and chipping along the corners and edges. A… Read more about this item
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1954
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1954. Hardback with dust-wrapper. 20.5 x 14cm. 286pp, [1]. 1956 First edition, first impression. Previously owned by Anthony Thwaite with a gift message dated June 23rd 1954 on the free front end-paper. Dust-wrapper, chipped with small losses to head and tail spine. Wrapper foxed. Internally a little foxing to prelims and page edges. A touch of… Read more about this item
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London: Penguin Books, 1963. A very nice copy of this fine authors' first book. Interiors are unmarked and just lightly tanned. Cover shows light age-toning and very light shelfwear. Spine is uncreased. A very nice copy.. Third British Paperback Printing . Vintage Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Len Deighton - Cover Illustration . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾"… Read more about this item
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1954. First edition of Murdoch's first novel which announced "the emergence of a brilliant talent" (Times Literary Supplement). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Iris Murdoch on the title page. Additionally laid in is a signed postcard, which reads, "Merry Christmas! Iris" postdated December 19, 1953. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name… Read more about this item
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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',… Read more about this item
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London: Chatto & Windus. 1954. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Victor Ross illustrated dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping and a scuff to the spine, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with a couple of… Read more about this item
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by Iris Murdoch

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1960
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Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1960 Book. Fair. Soft cover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First Penguin edition of the novel first published in 1954. 252pp. Pages age-toned, corner of half-title page missing and minor creasing to spine and corners, otherwise fair reading copy with no inscriptions..
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London: Penguin Publishing Group, 1977. Used.,VINTAGE PAPERBACK.CREASES TO SPINE AND COVER PAGES DISCOLOURED DUE TO AGE.MARK ON FRONT PAGEIris Murdoch's debut???a comic novel about work and love, wealth and fameJake Donaghue, garrulous artist, meets Hugo Bellfounder, silent philosopher.Jake, hack writer and sponger, now penniless flat-hunter, seeks out an old girlfriend, Anna Quentin, and her glamorous actress sister, Sadie. He… Read more about this item
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by Iris Murdoch

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Viking, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION. Viking Press, 1954. Pink cloth cover has one lightly bumped corner and light rubbing to spine ends. No marks or names inside. The dust jacket has general light wear and soiling, with some rubbing to extremities.
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by Iris Murdoch

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The Viking Press, May 1954. First American edition. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. First American edition from May, 1954. Wrapped dust jacket has a good bit of edge chipping, and light soiling on backside. Pink cloth boards have rubbed edges and a bumped front upper corner. Binding is good. Front endpaper has a name in pen. Pages are clean and unmarked,… Read more about this item
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New York: The Viking Press, 1954. Solid copy of author's first novel. Light spine lean. San Francisco rubber stamp on front endpaper and neat signature below - (Both small). Topstain still bright. Price intact jacket has some wear along front fold, moderate wear at spine ends and small chip on rear panel… Read more about this item
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by Iris Murdoch

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New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First American edition. First American edition. [vi], 279 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gray and blue stamping, topstain black. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, lightly worn. The author's acclaimed debut novel.
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by Murdoch, Iris

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London : Vintage Classics, 2002. 5th or later Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. paperback, 286 pages, pages tanned otherwise very good. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf 74.
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Under The Net: Vintage Classics Murdoch Series

Under The Net: Vintage Classics Murdoch Series

by Iris Murdoch

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Paperback / softback. New. Iris Murdoch's first novel is set in a part of London where struggling writers rub shoulders with successful bookies, and film starlets with frantic philosophers. Jake is captivated by a majestic philosopher, Hugo Belfounder, whose profound and inconclusive reflections give the book its title - under the net of language.
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by Iris Murdoch

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1960
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Penguin Books, 1960. Paperback. Good. 1960. First Edition Thus. 252 pages. Paperback book with illustrated cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking… Read more about this item
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