000			00913nam a2200181 4500
010			_a2001036040
020			_a9780141186696
024			_a47050148
050			_aPR6063.U7
082			_a823.914
100	1		_aIris Murdoch
245	1		_aThe Bell
260			_bPenguin Classics
300			_a320 pages
520			_aA 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.
650			_aLiterature
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