Penguin Twentieth Century Classics The Sea, the Sea, (Paperback)

from michaelbartley

a very interesting novel. ms. murdoch explores the dark side of love(?) and relationships. the main character in the name of saving his first love, from what he believes is a terrrible marriage is ...

from amerynth

Iris Murdoch's "The Sea, The Sea" is the tale of Charles Arrowby, a narcissistic actor/director who retires to Shruff End, a gloomy seaside home to write his memoirs. His peace and quiet is quickly...

from TheAmpersand

There are some people who get frustrated when they see characters make bad decisions. People who scream "don't do that!" in the theater when they realize that the brunette in a horror movie has dec...

from lauralkeet

Charles Arrowby is a London theatre director who has recently retired to a seaside cottage in the south of England. He plans to write his memoirs, with particular focus on his lover-mentor, a woman...

from k6gst

The morning I finished this book I opened the newspaper to see an appreciation of Murdoch generally and this book specifically by Dwight Garner on the occasion of the centennial of her birth. “[H]e...