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Mar 1, 2001 · 4.1 2,069 ratings. See all formats and editions. Winner of the Booker Prize—a tale of the strange obsessions that haunt a playwright as he composes his memoirs. Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea.
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A plot summary of Iris Murdoch's psychological novel, The Sea, the Sea (1978), about a self-obsessed playwright who retires to a coastal area and becomes obsessed with his childhood crush. The novel explores the differences between public and private life, the illusions of theatre, and the themes of guilt and isolation.
Jan 1, 2001 · The Sea, The Sea narrates the story of a vain egoist, Charles Arrowby, who retires from his job as a theatre director and settles in a house near the sea. His retirement project is to write his memoir in the quiet seaside house, but both his present and past interfere with him and disrupt his plan.
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The Sea, The Sea is a novel by Iris Murdoch. Published in 1978, it was her nineteenth novel. It won the 1978 Booker Prize . Plot. The Sea, The Sea is a tale of the strange obsessions that haunt a self-satisfied playwright and director as he begins to write his memoirs.
- Iris Murdoch
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The Sea, the Sea is a novel by Iris Murdoch about a retired theatre director who moves to a seaside house and writes a memoir of his past love affair. The novel explores themes of vanity, obsession, and the uncanny, and won the Booker Prize in 1978.
The Sea, The Sea is a novel by Iris Murdoch about a retired theatrical director who faces his personal demons on the English coast. It explores themes of ethical goodness, existentialism, and social change in the 1970s.
Mar 1, 2001 · Iris Murdoch. Penguin, Mar 1, 2001 - Fiction - 528 pages. Winner of the Booker Prize—a tale of the strange obsessions that haunt a playwright as he composes his memoirs Charles Arrowby, leading...
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