TY  - BOOK
AU  - Iris Murdoch
TI  - The Bell
SN  - 9780141186696
AV  - PR6063.U7 
U1  - 823.914 
PB  - Penguin Classics
KW  - Literature
N2  - 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
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