Iris Murdoch
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The Sea, the Sea
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Iris Murdoch: The Sea, the Sea, a Severed Head & Something Special
- A BBC Radio Collection
- By: Iris Murdoch
- Narrated by: Catherine Cusack, Full Cast, John Wood, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
- Original Recording
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Booker Prize-winning author Iris Murdoch is renowned for her sublime fiction, exploring themes such as art, passion, morality and human freedom....
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Feels very dated
- By Uriel Dana on 11-07-24
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Iris Murdoch: The Sea, the Sea, a Severed Head & Something Special
- A BBC Radio Collection
- Narrated by: Catherine Cusack, Full Cast, John Wood, Joyce Redman, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Victoria Hamilton
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 09-24-20
- Language: English
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The Sea, the Sea
- Vintage Classics Murdoch Series
- By: Iris Murdoch
- Narrated by: Richard E. Grant
- Length: 23 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the 20th century....
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Two intellects of the highest order
- By remedios on 06-06-22
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The Sea, the Sea
- Vintage Classics Murdoch Series
- Narrated by: Richard E. Grant
- Series: Vintage Classics Murdoch
- Length: 23 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 04-02-20
- Language: English
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Bruno's Dream
- By: Iris Murdoch
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Bruno, dying, obsessed with spiders and preoccupied with death and reconciliation, lies at the center of an intricate spider's web of relationships and passions....
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got lost
- By serine on 02-02-16
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Bruno's Dream
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 02-08-13
- Language: English
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The Sea, the Sea
- By: Iris Murdoch, Mary Kinzie - introduction
- Narrated by: Simon Vance, Kimberly Farr
- Length: 21 hrs
- Unabridged
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Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea....
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Murdoch Amazes
- By Sara on 08-30-17
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The Sea, the Sea
- Narrated by: Simon Vance, Kimberly Farr
- Length: 21 hrs
- Release date: 04-18-17
- Language: English
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Word Child
- By: Iris Murdoch
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 15 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Hilary Burde was a rising star in academia until a tragic accident plunged him and his mentor and rival, Gunnar Jopling, into two decades of depression and guilt....
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A vortex
- By Montcalm on 01-31-17
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Word Child
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 15 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 02-08-13
- Language: English
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The Good Apprentice
- By: Iris Murdoch
- Narrated by: Christopher Cazenove
- Length: 20 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Stuart Cuno has decided to become good. Not believing in God, he invents his own methods, which include celibacy, chastity, and the abandonment of a promising academic career....
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A Squabble of Smartypants
- By Geoff Maddison on 09-10-12
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The Good Apprentice
- Narrated by: Christopher Cazenove
- Length: 20 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 04-19-12
- Language: English
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Philosopher's Pupil
- By: Iris Murdoch
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 23 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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When George McCaffrey’s car plunges into a canal with his wife still inside, nobody knows whether George is to blame....
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A Trip Down a philosophical Lane
- By John on 03-11-13
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Philosopher's Pupil
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 23 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 02-02-13
- Language: English
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The Sovereignty of Good
- By: Iris Murdoch
- Narrated by: Daisy-May Parsons
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Iris Murdoch once observed: 'philosophy is often a matter of finding occasions on which to say the obvious'. What was obvious to Murdoch, and to all those who read her work, is that Good transcends everything—even God.
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THIS RECORDING IS A CRIME
- By Andrew M Flynn on 07-14-24
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The Sovereignty of Good
- Narrated by: Daisy-May Parsons
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 05-14-24
- Language: English
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Time of the Angels
- By: Iris Murdoch
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Father Carel Fisher’s London rectory - like his faith - is a shell....
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Stranger than fiction
- By Montcalm on 09-23-16
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Time of the Angels
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 02-11-13
- Language: English
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Acastos
- Two Platonic Dialogues
- By: Iris Murdoch
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
- Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Acastos: Two Platonic Dialogues is Murdoch’s philosophical masterpiece featuring fictionalized discussions between the intellectual giants of the classical world, including Socrates and Plato....
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Acastos
- Two Platonic Dialogues
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
- Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 02-08-13
- Language: English
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A Fairly Honourable Defeat
- Vintage Classics Murdoch Series
- By: Iris Murdoch
- Narrated by: Adam James
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Everyone is thinking about Julius King. For long-married Hilda and Rupert, he is a mystery. For Morgan, Hilda’s tormented sister, he is an obsession. For Morgan’s abandoned husband, Tallis, he is the source of ruin. For Simon and Axel, deeply in love, he stirs up jealousy and unease....
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Midsummer Night’s Dream casted in the 70s
- By Ioana on 02-13-21
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A Fairly Honourable Defeat
- Vintage Classics Murdoch Series
- Narrated by: Adam James
- Series: Vintage Classics Murdoch
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 04-02-20
- Language: English
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The Red and the Green
- By: Iris Murdoch
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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On the eve of the Easter Rising, a divided Irish family is pushed to the brink of destruction....
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Great
- By Montcalm on 09-10-16
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The Red and the Green
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 02-10-13
- Language: English
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Italian Girl
- By: Iris Murdoch
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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The funeral of Edward’s mother brings him home for the first time in years....
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An artisanal book
- By Dog Lady on 05-04-15
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Italian Girl
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 02-08-13
- Language: English
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Henry and Cato
- By: Iris Murdoch
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
- Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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When old friends Henry and Cato reunite after years apart, they quickly become embroiled in the drama of each other’s lives....
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Wonderful ❤️
- By Dale C. on 03-29-24
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Henry and Cato
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
- Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 02-08-13
- Language: English
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Jackson's Dilemma
- By: Iris Murdoch
- Narrated by: Juliet Mills
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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In this intricately plotted novel, a mysterious, charismatic English butler derails the marriage of his master, a young aristocrat, and his fiancé, sending them both off on strange, dark, and amusing paths....
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Jackson's Dilemma
- Narrated by: Juliet Mills
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 04-04-22
- Language: English
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The Message to the Planet
- By: Iris Murdoch
- Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie
- Length: 24 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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For years, Alfred Ludens has pursued mathematician and philosopher Marcus Vallar in the belief that he possesses a profound metaphysical formula, a missing link of great significance to mankind.....
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an Iris Murdoch novel
- By Margaret on 01-22-20
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The Message to the Planet
- Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie
- Length: 24 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 04-19-12
- Language: English
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El mar, el mar [The Sea, the Sea]
- By: Iris Murdoch, Marta Isabel Gustavino Castro
- Narrated by: Vicente Gil
- Length: 24 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Tras muchos años de trabajo y muchas sábanas revueltas en el ejercicio de amores desganados, el gran Charles Arrowby, famoso dramaturgo, director y figura destacada de las tablas londinenses....
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BRUTAL 👏 UNA JOYA DE LA LITERATURA
- By Marcos Rivas on 08-25-22
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El mar, el mar [The Sea, the Sea]
- Narrated by: Vicente Gil
- Length: 24 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 06-30-22
- Language: Spanish
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The Black Prince
- Vintage Classics Murdoch Series
- By: Iris Murdoch
- Narrated by: Anthony Howell
- Length: 18 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Ex-tax collector and author of two unpopular novels, Bradley Pearson wishes to devote his retirement to writing a masterpiece....
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Not her best work
- By M. J. Walsh on 08-10-20
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The Black Prince
- Vintage Classics Murdoch Series
- Narrated by: Anthony Howell
- Series: Vintage Classics Murdoch
- Length: 18 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 04-02-20
- Language: English
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Flight from the Enchanter
- By: Iris Murdoch
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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An enigmatic publisher’s sway on a circle of friends drives each to confront their most dangerous obsessions....
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Fables Vs. Real Life
- By Nichole Long on 11-09-17
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Flight from the Enchanter
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 02-08-13
- Language: English
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The Bell
- By: Iris Murdoch
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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A lay community of thoroughly mixed-up people is encamped outside Imber Abbey, home of an enclosed order of nuns....
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An uneven book gets a great reading
- By M. J. Walsh on 09-04-20
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The Bell
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 07-07-11
- Language: English
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