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A Fairly Honourable Defeat
Iris Murdoch
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An edition of A fairly honourable defeat (1970)

A Fairly Honourable Defeat

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In this dark comedy of errors, Iris Murdoch portrays the mischief wrought by Julius, a cynical intellectual who decides to demonstrate through a Machiavellian experiment how easily loving couples, caring friends, and devoted siblings can betray their loyalties. As puppet master, Julius artfully plays on the human tendency to embrace drama and intrigue and to prefer the distraction of confrontations to the difficult effort of communicating openly and honestly.

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Random House Publishing Group
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English

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Previews available in: Russian English

Subjects

English fiction, Fiction, Literature, Women authors, aging, married life, morality, relationships, society, Fiction, psychological

People

Hilda Foster, Rupert Foster

Places

England

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Cover of: A Fairly Honourable Defeat
A Fairly Honourable Defeat
2008, Random House Publishing Group
E-book in English
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Cover of: Chestnyĭ proigrysh
Chestnyĭ proigrysh: roman
2005, Limbus-Press
in Russian
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Cover of: A fairly honourable defeat
A fairly honourable defeat
2001, Penguin Books
in English
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Cover of: A fairly honourable defeat.
A fairly honourable defeat.
1970, Viking Press
in English
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Cover of: A fairly honourable defeat.
A fairly honourable defeat.
1970, Chatto & Windus
in English
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Open Library
OL24290711M
ISBN 13
9781407054957, 9781407074955
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026B14B5-5795-4290-8D65-837782312C90

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"One of Iris Murdoch’s more successful novels, A Fairly Honourable Defeat combines elements of realism and allegory to create a commentary on the moral shortcomings of the individual and society. The book opens as Hilda and Rupert Foster, an ostensibly happily-married couple, anticipate their forthcoming twentieth anniversary party." (Source)

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