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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... read more

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DORA GREENFIELD LEFT HER HUSBAND because she was afraid of him.

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The Bell

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This is book 478 of 1272 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)

Preceded by The Once and Future King, and followed by Jealousy.

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  1. Iris Murdoch (Author)

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  1. A. S. Byatt (Introduction)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Country: England
Publication Date: 1958
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  • Library of Congress: PR6063.U7 B45 1958
  • Dewey: 823.914

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