Biographies and other studies of Iris Murdoch

 Iris Murdoch: A Life (2001) [archive]
Conradi, Peter J.

Iris: The Life of Iris Murdoch (Norton Paperback) (2002) [archive]
Conradi, Peter J.

Iris a Memoir of Iris Murdoch [archive]
Bayley, John

 Elegy for Iris [archive]

 Bayley, John

Iris and her friends a memoir of memory and desire [archive]
by Bayley, John

Iris Murdoch as I Knew Her [archive]
A. N. Wilson

With Love and Rage: A Friendship with Iris Murdoch
David Morgan

 Iris Murdoch: Philosophical Novelist (Paperback)
Miles Leeson

Iris Murdoch [archive]

Harold Bloom

Becoming Iris Murdoch
White, Frances

 Living on Paper: Letters from Iris Murdoch, 1934â "1995
Murdoch, Iris

 Iris Murdoch, A Writer at War: Letters and Diaries, 1939-1945

 Iris Murdoch: A Reference Guide [archive]
Begnal, Kate

Metaphysics and Philosophy in the Work of Iris Murdoch
Patenidis, Andreas

Iris Murdoch (Contemporary Writers) [archive]
Todd, Richard

 Understanding Iris Murdoch
Bove, Cheryl Browning

 Character Index [archive]

Bove

Iris Murdoch (Bloom's Modern Critical Views (Paperback))
William Golding 

Iris Murdoch (Key Women Writers) [archive]
Johnson, Deborah

Iris Murdoch [archive]
Baldanza, Frank

Iris Murdoch for Beginners
Bran Nicol

Iris Murdoch: The Essential Guide (Paperback) [archive]
Jonathan Noakes, Margaret Reynolds

Iris Murdoch: The Retrospective Fiction, Second Edition
Bran Nicol

Iris Murdoch, the Shakespearian Interest (A Barnes & Noble Critical Study) [archive]
Parker-Rhodes, A.F.

Iris Murdoch [archive]
Rabinovitz, Rubin

Iris Murdoch's Way with Philosophical Texts
Felicia Burdescu

Iris Murdoch (Paperback)
Anne Rowe

Iris Murdoch: a literary life [chronology-pdf]

Priscilla Martin, Anne Rowe

Degrees of Freedom: The [Early] Novels of Iris Murdoch
A.S. Byatt

Patterned Aimlessness : Iris Murdoch's Novels of the 1970s and 1980s
Heusel, Barbara Stevens

Iris Murdoch Special Number

Published by Modern Fiction Studies (1969)

Construction of Good and Evil in Iris Murdoch's Discourse
Margaret L. Pachuau

The Language of Grace: Flannery O'Connor, Walker Percy, & Iris Murdoch [archive]
Peter S. Hawkins; Flannery O'Connor; Iris Murdoch; Walker Percy

The Novels of Iris Murdoch
Geeta Bhandari Vikas Bembi

Iris Murdoch's Fables of Unselfing [archive]
Gordon, David J.

Iris Murdoch (The Irish writers series) [archive]
Gerstenberger, Donna Lorine

Iris Murdoch
Karan Singh Yadav

Iris Murdoch : The Saint and the Artist [archive] [ditto]
Conradi, Peter

A Critical Study of Iris Murdoch's Fiction
Kum Kum Bajaj

The Disciplined Heart: Iris Murdoch and Her Novels [archive]
Wolfe, Peter

Iris Murdoch and the Common Reader
Dexter, Liz

Sound and Sense: Musical Allusion and Imagery in the Novels of Iris Murdoch (American University Studies Series IV, English Language and Literature)
Mettler, Darlene D.

Picturing the Human: The Moral Thought of Iris Murdoch [archive]
Maria Antonaccio

Iris Murdoch and the Search for Human Goodness [archive]
Antonaccio, Maria & Schweiker

Exploring Metaphysics: The Novels of Iris Murdoch
Bhubanananda Pattanaik

Iris Murdoch's Comic Vision [archive]
Hague, Angela

Iris Murdoch : Work for the Spirit [archive]
Dipple, Elizabeth

Why Iris Murdoch Matters (Why Philosophy Matters)
Browning, Gary

Contemporary Cinema and the Philosophy of Iris Murdoch (Paperback)
Lucy Bolton

Iris Murdoch. Una ética de la atención
Mauri Alvarez, Maria Margarita

Iris Murdoch : Figures of Good
Ramanathan, Suguna

Critical Essays on Iris Murdoch [archive]
Tucker, Lindsey

Iris Murdoch [archive]
Spear, Hilda D.

Iris Murdoch Connected: Critical Essays on Her Fiction and Philosophy (Tenn Studies Literature)
Published by Univ Tennessee Press (2014)

Labirinto D'amore: Un Percorso Nel Pensiero Di Iris Murdoch
Bistondi, L.

Iris Murdoch, Philosopher

Justin Broackes

No man's judge" : die Entwicklung und Wandlung der Charaktere in den Romanen von Iris Murdoch. Dissertation.
Koschmieder, Günter

Iris Murdoch and Morality
Anne Rowe (Editor), Avril Horner (Editor)

From a Tiny Corner in the House of Fiction: Conversations with Iris Murdoch

Thinking Faces: Photographs, 1953-1979 Janet Stone and Iris Murdoch
Stone, Janet

Iris Murdoch and Her Work: Critical Essays
Published by ibidem Press (2010)

THE MORAL VISION OF IRIS MURDOCH
Widdows, Heather

Iris Murdoch: A Centenary Celebration (Hardback)
Published by Sabrestorm Fiction, United States (2019)

Iris Murdoch, la hija de las palabras
María Gila

The adolescent in the novels of Iris Murdoch. Diss.
STETTLER-IMFELD, B.,

The rhetoric of love. Das Menschenbild und die Form des Romans bei Iris Murdoch.
Völker, Wolfram

Iris Murdoch, felsefesi ve hayati.
NAZAN AKSOY

L'attention romanesque: Écrits sur la philosophie et la littérature Murdoch,Iris et Canal,Denis-Armand
Murdoch, IrisL'attention romanesque: Écrits sur la philosophie et la littérature Murdoch,Iris et Canal,Denis-Armand
Murdoch, Iris

Language Lost and Found: On Iris Murdoch and the Limits of Philosophical Discourse
Forsberg, Niklas

Iris Murdoch and the Moral Imagination : Essays
Roberts, M. F. Simone (EDT)/ Scott-baumann, Alison (EDT)

Iris Murdoch and Her Work and#8211; Critical Essays
Mustafa Kirca

Sexuality, Gender, and Power in Iris Murdoch's Fiction
Tammy Grimshaw

A Mystical Philosophy: Transcendence and Immanence in the Works of Virginia Woolf and Iris Murdoch
Lazenby, Donna J.

The Fabric of Being. Bene, Realtà e Immaginazione in Iris Murdoch e nell'Etica Contemporanea
Vaccarezza Maria Silvia

To Love the Good: The Moral Philosophy of Iris Murdoch (American University Studies)
O'Connor, Patricia J.

Iris Murdoch's Paradoxical Novels: Thirty Years of Critical Reception (Studies in English and American Literature and Culture)
Heusel, Barbara Stevens

Iris Murdoch, Gender and Philosophy
LOVIBOND, SABINA

Iris Murdoch, Philosopher Meets Novelist
Sofia De Melo Araujo and Fatima Vieira

Form and myth in three novels by Iris Murdoch: The flight from the enchanter The bell and A severed head. [archive]

Ashdown, Ellen Abernethy

Imagining characters : conversations about women writers : Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, Willa Cather, Iris Murdoch, and Toni Morrison [archive]

Byatt, A. S. 

The integration of the self : women in the fiction of Iris Murdoch and Margaret Drabble [archive]

Khogeer, Afaf Jamil

Z: Jackson's Dilemma (1995)

Conradi calls this 'her confused final novel'

[Iris Murdoch was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease in 1997] [signs?]

13 chapters, ?133 subsections

characters 487,073

words 88,823

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[Z16]

 

Edward Lannion, 28yo aspiring writer, handsome, taciturn, drives Jaguar, only met girls in late autumn, got to know them in spring
Randall Lannion, his merry brother who drowned c15yo
Gerald Lannion, their deceased father, architect
Hatting Hall, his house on the river Lip
Montague and Millie, butler and maid
William Benet Barnell, 40-something civil servant, ward of girls
Penndean, Barnells' house
Clun, the gardener
Sylvia, his daughter
Timaeus 'Tim' Barnell, Benet's uncle
Patroclus 'Pat' Barnell, Benet's deceased father
Eleanor Morton, Benet's deceased mother
Rosalind Berran, 22yo
Marian Berran, Edward's fiancee, 19yo?
Ada Fox, girls' mother
Oliver Caxton, rector
Mildred Smalden, holy lady
Owen Silbery, an eccentric painter
Thomas 'Tuan' Abelson, 30yo
Jackson

Cantor Bjerke

Lucas Begbrook, a priest

Priscilla Conti

Spencer, a horse

Rex, a pony

Anna

Bran

ONE
Z11: Edward Lannion was sitting

June
Z12: Suddenly something terrible
Z13: ? On the afternoon of the same day
Z14: Benet was alone
Z15: Leaving at last the silence
Z16: After that, and when

IM had abandoned her similar book on Heidegger in 1993

Shiva [above]
Z17: Benet was now checking
Z18: A small dark car appeared
Z19: When all were assembled
Z1A: 'Are you thinking of opening
Z1B: Sylvia had gone home
Z1C: They all crowded out
Z1D: After that there was a lot
Z1E: Benet sat down abruptly
Z1F: Inside the drawing room
Z1G: The sun, which had scarcely
Z1H: The wedding had been arranged
Z1I: As they set off
Z1J: The church, which was dedicated
Z1K: They parked the car
Z1L: In fact the problem
Z1M: Rosalind had remained alone
Z1N: 'I hope that's the lot
Z1O: Back at Penndean there was no enthusiasm
Z1P: Soon after her return
Z1Q: There was a sound
Z1R: Benet drove his car
Z1S: ? 'Where’s Rosalind?
Z1T: ? In attempting to make some sense
Z1U: There was a great deal of traffic

TWO
Z21: Owen Silbery was sitting alone
Z22: Benet was standing upon the doorstep
Z23: In Owen's studio Mildred
Z24: Benet had taken a taxi
Z25: As he was walking towards Victoria Station
Z26: At dinner of course
Z27: It was almost midnight
Z28: They left at last
Z29: On the next day Benet
Z2A: ? Heidegger’s central concept


THREE - The Past
Z31: The legend was that Benet
Z32: On the next morning, Benet
Z33: The newcomer, having gone
Z34: Back at Penndean he did not
Z35: Down at Penn, time passed
Z36: He was in Venice
Z37: Once inside he walked
Z38: However, time passed
Z39: It was true. Uncle Tim
Z3A: And so it was, and Uncle Tim
Z3B: Very many people

FOUR
Z41: Marian and Rosalind Berran
Z42: 'In trying to glimpse Heidegger's
Z43: Anna Dunarven was glad
Z44: Edward, so much sought for
Z45: Edward and Randall had been
Z46: It was some time after that
Z47 Edward now, sitting

FIVE
Z51: Marian, whom everyone was worrying about
Z52: The condition into which
Z53: The time between Marian's return
Z54: Everything, including boots
Z55: Then somehow they were
Z56: Benet could scarcely sleep

SIX
Z61: It did not take Jackson
Z62: ? Dear Madam,
Z63: Silence. Then a woman's voice
Z64: Tuan, although a pet
Z65: After this time, which was before
Z66: Tuan was at work as usual
Z67: Tuan, pulling the door wider
Z68: 'I thought I might find you here
Z69: Jackson, who had had difficulty
Z6A: Jackson had given the driver
Z6B: Tuan had not imagined
Z6C: They ran about the flat
Z6D: Benet, having ascertained
Z6E: Millie opened the door
Z6F: It was nearly midday and Tuan
Z6G: When Jackson had reached Tara
Z6H: 'Do stop crying,' he said
Z6I: On the same day of Benet's visit
Z6J: When Jackson had handed Marian
Z6K: ? He led her, holding her hand
Z6L: Jackson, at a little distance
Z6M: Benet left Penndean early
Z6N: Jackson woke up. He had a headache
Z6O: Jackson sat up and looked about
Z6P: ? Dear Jackson
Z6Q: Jackson tidied up the kitchen

SEVEN
Z71: Tuan, who would normally
Z72: He woke up. Owen was looking
Z73: Jackson woke up. He was lying
Z74: It was the previous evening
Z75: He opened the door for her
Z76: Rosalind was gone
Z77: ? After Owen and Jackson had had breakfast
Z78: Benet, suddenly hearing
Z79: Of course Rosalind was profoundly relieved
Z7A: ? 'Well, thank God all that's over
Z7B: 'But what exactly did you say

EIGHT
Z81: Edward put something into his pocket
Z82: Bran had run away
Z83: Tuan was alone. It was evening

NINE
Z91: Dearest Benet, do forgive me!
Z92: ? Benet, now in the drawing room
Z93: The telephone rang. Benet cursed
Z94: 'But how wonderful!' said Benet
Z95: When the Jaguar had stopped
Z96: Mildred was now beginning a little
Z97: Coming back in the afternoon
Z98: She left the room and instinctively
Z99: Benet put down his pen
Z9A: At that moment the front door bell rang
Z9B: Benet did a lot of walking
Z9C: Benet had considered retur
Z9D: Later Benet, looking back, wondered

TEN
ZA1: 'So now all the weddings
ZA2: 'I adore your mother,' Cantor said
ZA3: 'We shall be too early
ZA4: Later as they drove on
ZA5: At Edward and Anna's swift little

ELEVEN
ZB1: Benet's guests at Penndean

TWELVE
ZC1: Rosalind and Tuan were locked together
ZC2: It was indeed late when Edward and Anna
ZC3: Meanwhile, at the Sea Kings
ZC4: Mildred padded away
ZC5: Owen staggered out

THIRTEEN
ZD1: Usually now Jackson did not allow
ZD2: Benet waited for two weeks
ZD3: Now all was silent in Penndean
ZD4: The dawn was now perceptibly

Y: The Green Knight (1993)

"...was there not some Middle English poem about a Green Knight? He now thought he recalled reading a translation of it when he was at Cambridge. What was the story? Arthur’s knights are at the Round Table when a huge entirely green knight appears and challenges one of them to cut off his head, after promising to visit the knight for a return match in his own realm on the same day next year. Gawain takes up the challenge and cuts off the knight’s head. The knight picks up his head and holds it up in his hand and reminds Gawain of his promise. Next year Gawain sets out gloomily to meet his adversary, but loses his way and is entertained at a castle by a Lady whose husband is out hunting. The Lady tempts Gawain but he resists her charms. At last he gives in as far as to accept the significant gift of her green girdle. He leaves the castle and finds the meeting-place, the Green Knight appears with his axe. Gawain, expecting instant death, kneels down, the axe descends – but makes only a small superficial wound upon his extended neck. The knight, who is of course the Lady’s husband, congratulates Gawain on his courage, but chides him for his moral failure in accepting the girdle, for which he has mercifully received only a mild punishment. Gawain declares he will wear the girdle forever after as a token of his sin, in giving way to temptation and staining his perfect chastity."

five named chapters, ?161 subsections

characters 1,054,541
words 193,679

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for Ed Victor

 

 

Anax, based on Conradi's Cloudy

 

Polish Rider

Joan Blacket, bad girl, middle-aged widow, lives in Paris 3 yrs, haggard beauty, tall redhead, abandoned by husband 13yrs before after 6yrs

Louise Anderson, good girl, middle-aged widow, brunette

Edward ‘Teddy’ Anderson, Louise's late husband
Anax, a gray collie given up by Bellamy
Bellamy James, aka 'the chaplain'

Alethea 'Aleph' Anderson, beautiful

Sophia 'Sefton' Anderson, short jagged red-brown hair and green-brown hazel eyes
Moira 'Moy' Anderson
Harvey Blacket, 18yo son of Joan
Clement 'Harlequin' Graffe, brother of Lucas, eternally youthful

Lucas Graffe, killed a man a few months back

Tessa Millen

Clive and Emil

Peter Mir

Rosemary Adwarden

 

Chapter 1 - Ideal Children [October, Kensington Gardens]
Y11: 'Once upon a time

"une vie de bâton de chaise" = a life of debauchery and pleasure, chaotic and without order.
Y12: '"I feel your arms
'Well then, I dare you
The human fish experience
Bellamy was saying
'You start, Moy
A little later
My dear son
My dear Father Damien
[Browning] [Galatians]

? Bellamy put down
'Now I see why
An hour later Clement
Harvey was sitting
Harvey had left the 'refuge'
'"And the many many times
The trouble with Clement

Chapter 2 - Justice
Bellamy's hand had
'It looked terrible
Harvey was reclining
Harvey had gone
? Clement had scarcely
He rang the bell
It is necessary
When he woke
'Why was it meant
My dear son
My dear Father Damien
Bellamy put down
'Perhaps he won't
Lucas was sitting on
In the evening

[Glastonbury Romance]
Moy, upstairs
Below in Aleph's
My dear son
My dear Father Damien
Bellamy usually
'You lost us
Clement had let
Peter Mir had departed
Harvey was sitting
Harvey summoned
'I have something
The kitchen was
Back in her bedroom
Upstairs in her room
Sefton, lying
Clement was pacing
Bellamy was reading
? Bellamy was pleased
? My dear son
? Bellamy was deeply
'Well, he's late
'Wait, please
The Saturday after
'Why, Moy, whatever
On the previous evening
? Why didn't you come
Anax had
Meanwhile Clement and Moy
'So you all play
'How interesting about
Passing Clement
Moy was sitting
'Whatever possessed you
The sound of dancing
'Everything deep
'It's still terribly
Clement, realising
My dear son
My dear Father
My dear son
'So he wouldn't
Y2: Breakfast at Clifton

Latin: virtuti paret robur = strength obeys virtue
Y2: 'Hello Harvey
'So he's kicking
Clement, not at home
Harvey's taxi
He parted from
'Come,' said Lucas
After the sound
Harvey had found
'Well, you're the only
Moy, well aware
Sefton, lying
? 'What did you dream
My dear Father
My dear Bellamy
? When he received
So it's fixed
When Bellamy had gone
It was Thursday
Once outside
'We are too early
Bellamy was sitting
'Are you hurt
'And turn right here
Bellamy, never allowed
Clement was not cross
? Clement drove the Rolls
The morning came
Clement woke


Chapter 3 - Mercy
Bellamy was standing
Not many minutes later
Bellamy had, at Clifton
'Well, what
Y3: 'Look at this

ama et fac quod vis = love and do what you will [Augustine misquote]
? Clement read
Harvey was sitting
Y#: The next hour

rollmops 

übersichtliche Darstellung  = surveyable representation [Wittgenstein]

Y3: It was fifteen
'Pull him up
When Clement returned
'Maman, please
? Harvey relied on
Yes, 'everyone'
Y3: Peter's house

experto crede = Trust in one experienced
Y3: 'Come on in


Chapter 4 - Eros
Bellamy was standing
Clement mounted
'You're sure
'So you agree
Two more days
? Moy spent the two hours
'You've just
Y4: Sefton lay

Sophocles: 'Never to have been born is best.
Everyone knows that, and a close second,
once you have appeared in this life, is a quick
return, as soon as you can, to where you came from'
Y4: Moy came in
Soon after Moy
'What did you
'I do hope
Sefton, at home
? Louise, coming
'Where's Cora
On the next day
? My dear Mrs Anderson
? Clement said to the girls
? Dearest dearest Louie
? Sefton closed her eyes
Harvey and Sefton
'Moy, I've brought
? Louise longed
Clement had visited
Now Sefton
On the next morning
'So you've got used
Later, dressed
Walking back
Dearest Louie
Dearest Aleph
'Well,' said Louise
'What's all this
Meanwhile at Clifton
'But how did you

Chapter 5 - They Reach the Sea
Bellamy had intended
It was the morning
At this very moment
? Moy had secretly
Bellamy was sitting
You are deeply stained
As Bellamy put down
Moy picked up
When Bellamy

X: The Message to the Planet (1989)

 seven parts, ?132 subsections

CHARACTERS
1,355,043

WORDS
242,812

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 To Audhild and Borys Villers

Audi later became the 2nd Mrs Bayley

 👦 Alfred Ludens
 💄 Alison Merrick
 👳 Dr. Marzillian
 👩 Franca Sheerwater
    Gildas Herne

👧 Irina Vallar

🎨Jack Sheerwater
    Maisie Tether

🧙 Marcus Vallar
 😷 Patrick Fenman

🗿 Axle Stone

 

 PART ONE 'Of course we have
'Of course he may be dead
Franca had seen the pale white moon
'In faith I know not why
Gildas had gone home
At this moment Irina
Franca and Ludens stood at the foot
? Franca, sitting on the bed
? The sun was shining into the kitchen
? 'Do you mind if I open
? Jack and Ludens had walked down the road

Part Two Free bicycles
? The drive turned away into trees
Ludens was alone
'The central structure
Breakfast did occur
'Franca, Franca
Lunch consisted of curried
'Tadpoles
Ludens followed Marcus
Ludens was following Irina
When Ludens got back
The sun was already high

Part Three Irina's hand
Ludens had brought up
At an earlier time
? Franca became aware
'Henceforth I shall be
? Marcus, thus present
'How I wish
On the following evening
? The vicious force
Irina was sitting
After a moment
'I think I've found a place
Marcus said, 'Come in
'Lift your end
? They departed
Upstairs in the studio
That morning Franca
'I want to show you
The words 'I love you

Part Four 'You said
? As time passed
Ludens had removed
'Mr Luddens
'Excuse me, there's
'Why did you disappear
Irina had not been
'Now Dr Ludens
Ludens had left Marzillian
Irina came out
'Oh, _Franca!_'
'What's the cottage like
Ludens had indeed
Marcus slept
He woke to find
The Axle Stone
'So you've let
'My folks were
Ludens had been delayed
Franca was listening
'You hold the torch

Part Five It all began
It was soon after
? Then something happened
'Marcus, I want to say
Ludens was crawling
At Benbow, when Ludens
'I wasn't accosting
Earlier, when his morning
On the following morning
After lunch Marcus disappeared
The next morning, when
'What's the matter, Irina
'You don't think we
? My dearest one
? Franca, after shedding
'Why did you let her in
'Is that all
? Healer Discovered
? The article was accompanied
The sun was shining through
'Now listen to me, Marcus
? Half an hour later
'How did you find out
? Franca had been
The atmosphere of the
In the next days
'Hello, donkey
The change which Ludens
Ludens, deep in slumber
The time between then
One thing which amazed
When Marcus had retired
'Why are you still here
'Perhaps I shouldn't
My dear, my very dear
Franca, sitting
A taxi had taken
When he reached Benbow
'He told you he had
'You're sure you don't
The little spare bedroom
Later on he awoke
In the days that followed
? I am sorry
? This letter exasperated
The 'evening talk'
The next day was chaotic
'But whatever
He awoke in the early light
Ludens, still damp
? To his surprise
? He went to his
Irina stayed in bed

Part Six Dear Dr
'I hope you don't
Ludens opened
I write to say
The letter to Ludens
Ludens arrived
'So the great incarnation
The 'bar' mentioned
What Franca read
? Ludens, watching Franca
Ludens was on the telephone
During the interim
She thrust her key

Free Bicycles.

Part Seven 'So you're
'Discretion is one

W: The Book and the Brotherhood (1987)

"the novel I’m writing is dull" 30 Nov 1985

IM was 68yo

three parts, 14 sections, 113 subsections

characters 1,205,302

words 216,985

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To Diana Avebury

Magdalene College 2015 ball

 
 🧙 David Crimond, slight Scottish accent
    Lily Boyne, rich young widow championed by Jean and Rose, bouncy, told lies

James Farling, her deceased wealthy husband
    Gulliver 'Gull' Ashe, early 30s unemployed, tall, dark, slim, Gerard's guest

Conrad Lomas, gorgeous young taller american, thesis on marxism, idolises Crimond
    Tamar Hernshaw, Conrad's partner, unstylish, young, dislikes Lily
    Duncan Cambus
    Gerald Hernshaw

Professor Levquest

Patricia, Gerard's sister

Gerard's father, deceased
    Gideon Fairfax
    Jean Kowitz Cambus
    Jenkin Riderhood, Patricia's date
    Joel Kowitz
    Rose Curtland, belongs to Gerard, thinks Lily uneducated
    Sinclair Curtland
    Violet Hernshaw, Tamar's mother, Gerald's cousin

= Part One Midsummer ‘David Crimond is here

oxford commem ball, 11pm

Treason of the Clerks, Waterbirds: see A Word Child
A little later Rose and Gerard
Rose put down her glass
The three friends passed out
Tamar was looking for Conrad
Meanwhile Rose had run
As Gerard emerged from Levquist’s
Gulliver was suddenly accosted
Tamar had not found Conrad
In the jazz tent Rose
Gerard, alone in Levquist’s rooms
Gulliver had lost Lily
After Gulliver’s departure
Gulliver was having a marvellous dream
= Gerard turned the key
= ‘Well, what do you propose
Duncan, who had been looking
It had all started a long
At about the time when Gerard
At about the time when Violet
= Part Two Midwinter ‘I think there’s some beer

Hegel
As the front door closed behind
When Gerard left Jenkin
‘The rainy Pleiads
‘And there was a funny
‘There’s no need for you
‘Did Gerard send you?
When Jean had come to Crimond
Downstairs, they sat on the big
Any suffering which Gerard
‘This is Jean, as she was
‘Who was Guy Fawkes
Patricia’s knife and fork
Jenkin, anxious not to have
The noise outside was becoming
‘Jenkin didn’t send those
Tamar left the office early
Duncan’s flat, on this occasion
Gerard had found a parrot
‘I’m sorry to keep repeating myself
= ‘Did you sleep well?
After breakfast, while the others
Rose Curtland was standing
‘When are you going to see Crimond?
Meanwhile Rose had left
‘What will you talk about?
The flooded water-meadow
‘Gerard and I walked
Lily had finished lacing
Rose and Gerard, who had been
Gulliver had not arisen
‘You put poor old Rose’s nose
Tamar was being closely observed
Gulliver’s Housman poem
Everyone was going to church except
‘We praise thee, O God
Tamar went first into the church
= ‘How is your father?’ said Crimond
The ‘rather odd morning’ which Rose
‘Why didn’t you tell me
= ‘That child is going to die

'The world of the happy man is a different one from that of the unhappy man" (6.43).
As he walked away
Tamar had taken
Lily was reclining on her sofa
Gerard, Rose, Jenkin and Gulliver
Crimond had gone
They left one by one
= Violet searched
Tamar was of course not
Tamar, who was lying
‘I can’t sleep
Gerard, leaving the British Museum
It was nine o’clock
Tamar was sitting beside
Jenkin had made up the bed
Jenkin sat down by the fireplace
Gerard had telephoned Lily
= 'Let me see
The stone wall suddenly ceased
Rose Curtland was asleep
‘But why were you down here
It was later on
‘Nice of you two
= Rose opened
Rose, now back in London
Now it was Tuesday
During the short time when Rose
‘Just when everything’s going well
Jean and Duncan, now back
Gulliver had got as far
Duncan was looking at a hammer
On Thursday morning Jean
Duncan had gone to the office
It was Friday morning
Jean had not, on the previous evening
Duncan had of course left
Looking back later on what happened
= Part Three Spring Rose was
‘A lot of things have happened
On that day when Jenkin
On the following day Tamar
= 'You know
‘Did that young chap
Oh let there be not hate
Father McAlister, who had of course
= Altogether elsewhere
‘We never found that Stone
‘Rose, please come on the cruise
A little later after they had been
After he had gone Rose cried
Gerard, feeling unusually drunk
= Lily Boyne was
'Rose and Gerard have 

V: The Good Apprentice (1985)

 IM 66yo

 ?137 unnumbered sections

characters: 1,095,760
words: 200,745

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To Brigid Brophy [wiki] 56yo

Edward Baltram, 20yo

Mark Wilsden (Edward's friend and fellow student) deceased 

Sarah Plowmain, Edward's 19yo neighbor

Dirk Plowmain, Sarah's father, a recent suicide

Chloe Warriston, Edward's mother, died when he was 7yo

Jesse Alywyn Baltram, Edward's estranged father, panter

Seegard, Jesse's house 

Thomas McCaskerville, Scotch psychiatrist

Jennifer Wilsden, Mark's mother

Brenda Wilsden (Brownie)

Henry Cuno (Harry) Edward's stepfather

Stuart Cuno

Teresa Cuno, Stuart's mother

Margaret 'Midge' Warriston McCaskerville, Chloe's little sister, Edward's aunt

May Barnes Baltram (Mother May) Jesse's wife

Ilona Baltram, 18yo

Bettina Baltram, 24yo

PART ONE The Prodigal Son I will arise

Feb
Edward's visit
So it was that
Dear Edward Baltram
? This letter from
'Listen,' said
'Canst thou not
'So you think
After the door
When Ursula had gone
Harry in a black
When Stuart had gone
Stuart, dismissed by Harry
? You murdered
After Stuart had gone
It is a terrible thing
Edward Baltram was crossing
'Do you think we
'So you talked
After Edward went away
'I think you're not
God, why do we

PART TWO Seegard Seegard only
? Seegard My dear
? On the back
? Edward wrote at once
The next morning
Breakfast consisted
'I always do
When Ilona had closed
'Oh, you're back
Edward was awakened
In the past days
'Quick, quick
'Wait, Edward
My hands are growing
When Stuart had left
A little loud wren
Trying to recall
? That is
'Look!'
'I like them
Thinking about Ilona
'Being your slave
Bettina had mended
Edward thought later
Edward was awakened
Edward opned the door
? Jesse, sitting
'How did he know
So I can't leave
Midge McCaskerville was
Thomas had made
'How's the poor
'Have we convinced
? Edward donned
I would like
He had known at once
Edward walked
Stanford My Dear
? Stuart Cuno
'There was an exhibition
Harry Cuno was awakened
Edward was ill
? Dear Mr Cuno
? 'I would have telephoned
'Edward told us
? Merciful darkness
'Excuse me
At that very moment
? Railway Cottage
'The left wheel
? 'So it wasn't
The Atrium was empty
Edward opened his
'Edward, what's the matter
When at last
Lunch felt
'But you didn't see
'He has metamorphosed

PART THREE Life After Death 'I'm not going
Stuart sat down
Midge, now holding
? 'Excuse me
'Excuse me, are you
'Excuse me, I was
Edward, nearly mad
'Look,' said Harry
Notridge House
? With this
'So he thought
Going down the stairs
Why do I torment
'I want you to teach
Edward pushed up
? Why have you
'Why did you
After Ursula
'It can't all
? Harry said
I may mention
? Midge laid
Brownie had not
In her first
Thomas McCaskerville was
'I believe you don't
Edward was standing
By the time he
'You've done nothing
Stuart, going down
Edward was back
She had seen
Edward was sitting
? 'Edward, I'm glad
Seegard in the bright
I am on a golden
? I cannot and
? Midge read
Thomas was in
? It doesn't add
? My dear Edward
? Edward threw
? Dear Edward
? Edward read this
? I have written you
? Edward could scarcely
? My dear Edward
? Edward found that
At about this
? Sitting in
? When Stuart
? Max point
? Edward sat
? Harry was
'Dad, I wish
Edward had dialled
'So we're

U: The Philosopher's Pupil (1983)

 163 unnumbered chapters?

characters 1,220,740
words 218,501

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To Arnaldo Momigliano [wiki]

papillon dog

Donald MacKinnon = Rozanov

Gandhara Buddha

     George McCaffrey---George, 44 years old, was a pupil of John Robert Rozanov, the philosopher. After changing from philosophy to history and archaeology, he had entered the museum and archive world but published nothing except A Short History of the Ennistone Museum. He married Stella; their son, Rufus, died in an unexplained "mishap."
 Stella McCaffrey--- George's wife.
 Brian McCaffrey--- George's brother, age 41.
 Gabriel McCaffrey--- Brian's wife.
 Adam McCaffrey--- Gabriel and Brian's son, age 8.
 Zed--- Adam's small Papillon dog.
 Alex McCaffrey--- George and Brian's mother, age 66.
 Tom McCaffrey--- Alex's stepson, George and Brian's younger stepbrother, age 20.

 🧙 John Robert Rozanov--- the philosopher.
 Hattie Meynell--- John Robert's granddaughter.
 Ruby Doyle--- Alex's long-time maid; a gipsy.
 Diane Sedleigh--- George's mistress and Ruby's sister or cousin (no one knows).

Pearl Scotney--- Hattie's maid and companion, also related to Ruby and Diane

Emmanuel (Emma) Scarlett-Taylor--- Tom's friend.

 

U101: Prelude i An Accident A few minutes
U102: He lifted up his head
U103: George remembered
U104: An ambulance came
U105: 'How are we feeling?
U106: George McCaffrey had been
U107: Stella had started
U201: ii Our Town I am the narrator
U202: As there are quite
U203: The Events in Our Town A bird was singing
U204: Leaning at the mantelpiece
U205: When Adam arrived
U206: Later in the evening
U207: Brian and Gabriel
U208: Alex put the key
U209: 'What a bloody mess
U210: George's face in repose
U211: 'I left my evening
U212: Adam was small
U213: Alex had arrived
U214: In the vast
U215: George, leaving
U216: For George the day
U217: Swimming, George
U218: Alex had also
U219: Ruby, who
U220: 'Wherever did
U221: Stella McCaffrey
U222: Tom pressed
U223: Tom McCaffrey was
U224: Emmanuel Scarlett-Taylor as he
U225: When Alex had returned
U226: Now it was Tuesday
U227: John Robert Rozanov was
U228: George McCaffrey had
U229: Opinions differed
U230: Alex, who had arrived
U231: 'Almighty God
U232: Hattie Meynell was
U233: A distant bell
U234: John Robert Rozanov was floating
U235: Meanwhile outside
U236: 'Who's that girl?
U237: 'Don't drip
U238: 'Is that Tom
U239: It had begun
U240: George, dressed
U241: 'Introduce me
U242: On the Promenade
U243: Vernon Chalmers
U244: 'Do you believe
U245: It was Sunday
U246: 'A chair does
U247: 'Sing to me
U248: You don't know
U249: ? Tom was pleased
U250: Emma was in bed
U251: Tom McCaffrey had laid
U252: George had once
U253: Now in the morning
U254: The loud hum
U255: John Robert was
U256: Hattie and Pearl
U257: 'What fun
U258: 'Let me have
U259: George went downstairs
U260: Zed ran past
U261: 'He's sweet
U262: Brian and Gabriel emerged
U263: After the Brian
U264: Quelconque

[translation]
U265: At about the same
U266: By the time
U267: Meanwhile as
U268: 'What happened
U269: 'My God
U270: Another witness
U271: Soon after
U272: 'Shall we go
U273: When Tom
U274: George McCaffrey entered
U275: Ever since
U276: Clothed again
U277: 'Good morning
U278: John Robert blinked
U279: John Robert meanwhile
U280: The next day there
U281: ? A telephone call
U282: ? Pearl opened
U283: 'But what
U284: 'Are you going
U285: The drinks before
U286: 'Where have you
U287: 'And did those feet
U288: ? The four young
U289: Time passed
U290: After lunch
U291: 'Have they
U292: 'What's that
U293: Alex had
U294: 'I can't pray
U295: It was nearly
U296: Exactly how
U297: 'Whatever's happening
U298: There's someone
U299: Alex turned away
U300: The shutters of
U301: The shutters closed
U302: ? Sitting on a seat
U303: Tom held his head
U304: Did I push
U305: Stationed in different
U306: 'Well, how are
U307: As Emma came out
U308: 'Must we have
U309: It was never known
U310: Not long after
U311: Pearl saw the paper
U312: George, shut up
U313: It was Wednesday
U314: There's a head
U315: George had been
U316: While John Robert
U317: At Eastcote's house
U318: At about the time
U319: Nesta, who was
U320: 'Perhaps he doesn't
U321: 'Here he is
U322: Five minutes later
U323: Tom rang the bell
U324: 'Come on, kid
U325: 'You mean you love
U326: Even before
U327: On Friday Tom
U328: As Tom, in extreme
U329: Tom was so surprised
U330: When Emma came
U331: Two minutes later
U332: What Brian
U333: When they reached
U334: 'Oh Tom
U335: As the door closed
U336: However George
U337: Father Bernard was
U338: The front door bell
U339: After his flight
U340: 'Tom, Tom
U341: When Tom got
U342: Emma turned on
U343: Brian McCaffrey rang
U344: It was Saturday night
U345: 'You can't say
U346: After a while
U347: When the lights
U348: Tom pushed open
U349: Later on, while
U350: George McCaffrey pushed
U351: As George had
U352: When George left
U353: And here some time
U401: What Happened Afterwards The inquest
U402: ? My dear N
U403: ? I read part

T: Nuns and Soldiers (1980)

IM was 61yo, married 24yrs 

inspired by Henry James "Wings of the Dove" [etext] Tim and Daisy = Densher and Kate

nine numbered sections, 105? unnumbered subsections

characters 1,039,435
words 188,647

 To Natasha and Stephen Spender

 

1959

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Munch print T35

 'There is only one nun and no soldiers at all.'

👨Guy Openshaw, 44yo, dying of cancer
💂Piotr Wojciech Szczepanski, 'the Count'
👩 Gertrude, Guy's wife
👰Anne Cavidge, ex-nun
👦Tim Reede, unsuccessful artist
👧Daisy, Tim's girlfriend

Balintoy

Gerald Pavitt

Stanley Openshaw,  Janet

T11: One 'Wittgenstein?'
T12: Through the door
T13: The Count, it should be explained
T14: As a child the Count
T15: When the Count was over thirty
T16: The Count stood at attention
T17: 'Would you like anything?
T18: Manfred put his head
T19: Veronica Mount
T1: The Count would have liked
T1: There is a gulf fixed
T1: The Count  went into the kitchen
T1: While the count was listening
T1: It was the next morning
T1: Anne Cavidge  sat
T1: 'Is that all
T1: By this time, back
T1: 'I wish you had seen
T1: Just outside the partly
T21: Two  Time had passed
T22: It was the day
T23: 'It was the Count
T24: Tim Reede was mooching
T25: 'Bloody baked beans
T26: 'You mean you're short
T27: The bell rang
T31: Three  Tim Reede
T32: About four
T33: It was twilight
T34: Gertrude too
T35: Tim's first feeling

Munch print (not startled??)
T36: UNEXPECTED SNAG
T37: When he awoke, Gertrude
T38: Lying on her bed
T39: 'I wish you had
T3: Tim Reede awoke. He
T3: They spent the morning
T3: Tim Reede awoke. Joy
T3: Gertrude was sitting
T3: 'Gertrude! Oh
T3: About the time
T3: Tim entered
T3: 'So Tim Reede just
T3: What's happened
T3: 'Goodbye
T41: Four  'Well, and how
T42: 'We're the official
T43: Tim and Gertrude
T44: 'It's Mary
T45: 'You didn't
T46: The Count was sitting
T47: The Count did sleep
T48: 'You mean you want
T49: Gertrude had said
T4: 'So yer back
T4: Everything began
T4: Lying naked
T51:Five It was done
T52: 'When you leave
T53: Jesus Christ came
T54: It was at this point
Anne woke up
'How is your
'Well, I think
'Anne-- I have just
The Count had spent
It was evening
Anne rang the bell
'Have you been to
Tim entered humming
'Oh Time
T61: Six  'What a bore
T62: Tim had arrived
T63: 'He took money
T64: 'All the same
T65: 'I don't like
T66: Dear Tim
T67: 'Well, who wrote
T68: Tim and Daisy were
T71: Seven 'The rocks
He felt that he needed
On the fifth morning
Anne Cavidge lay
Gertrude knocked
'How's Anne
How exactly
A letter did come
'Marie
As Tim gazed
Tim might as well
When Tim woke
Tim had taken
Suddenly and
Vigilant Anne
'Come on
'But you're hurt
'You're telling it
T81: Eight  Anne was following
T82: The Count lay sleepless
T83: Tim was standing
T84: The Count came into
T85: 'Anne, my dearyou there

Polish pope [wiki]
T91: Nine  'Why did
T92: 'Have you got
T93: Anne Cavidge was sitting

'Were
? /Oh Anne

S: The Sea, the Sea (1978)

157 unnumbered chapters, six numbered divisions

CHARACTERS
1,073,289

WORDS
198,994

begun 26 Oct 1976 (IM 57yo, married 20yrs)

 

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Charles Arrowby, 60something famous actor, retired

Shruff End, his newly acquired home

Mrs Chorney

Mr Arkwright

🐉 sea monster 

👧Lizzie Scherer

Sidney

Peregrine

Fritzie

Wilfred

Rosina Vamburgh

Jeanne

Clement Makin

Gilbert Opian

Nell Pickering, 22yo

James Arrowby, Charles' cousin

Abel and Estelle, James' parents

Ramsdens, their home

Mary Hartley Smith Fitch

Victor and Julia Banstead

Sidney and Rosemary Ashe

Will and Adelaide Boase

takes place May/June

S001: PREHISTORY The sea which lies before me
S002: I had written the above
S003: I spoke of a memoir
S004: Of course there is no need to separate
S005: I might now introduce myself
S006: The above observations have been written

🏊
S007: Another day has passed since I wrote
S008: It is after lunch and I shall now describe
S009: I wonder if I shall ever write
S010: I will now describe the house
S011: The sea is noisier
S012: It is night. Two oil lamps
S013: Two days have passed since I wrote
S014: My paternal grandfather was a market gardener
S015: I was utterly horrified
S016: Another day
S017: 'Mr Arkwright, do you ever see
S018: I think it is not going to be too easy
S019: But to return to myself
S020: Something rather odd and distressing
S021: 'But all your letters are in the dog kennel
S022: I have been sitting for some time in the little red room
S023: I wanted a wife once
S024: I am writing this after dinner
S025: 'Do you know what a poltergeist is
S026: Searching for a place to plant
S027: When I was young I could never decide
S028: Rereading these paragraphs I feel again
S029: 'A man would drown there in a second
S030: I am writing this the next morning
S031: I have been out shopping
S032: It is after lunch
S033: I have been out picking flowers
S034: I reread my pieces
S035: Since I started writing this
S036: Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire
S037: Having written this much what can I say
S038: Some time during this period
S039: I ate three oranges at eleven
S040: I have spent the afternoon tidying
S041: I feel calmer now already
S101: ONE I did not look at the crabs
S102: It is now two
S103: Shortly after this
S201: TWO Now in
S202: I woke up
S203: I already had
S204: Nibletts is
S205: The next day before
S206: I waited in the church
S207: Dearest Lizzie
S208: I emerged
S209: I resisted
S301: History THREE 'Every
S302: As I had been
S303: 'Every persisting
S304: When I had finished writing
S305: 'Feeling better?
S306: 'But my dear Charles
S307: There was no fog
S308: I have written this out
S309: The next day I was like
S310: I shall now transcribe
S311: I wrote this letter quickly
S312: I will now describe what happened next
S313: In the first seconds
S401: History FOUR What follows
S402: A little later
S403: I may have described
S404: Of course he had
S405: I was lying in tall
S406: So far so good
S407: The next morning I woke
S408: There followed some
S409: I awoke suddenly
S410: I woke up
S411: The next morning something did
S412: The rest of that day
S413: Towards six-thirty

Whitsunday = late May or early June
S414: The next morning there was
S415: Later on that day
S416: Dear Mr Fitch
S501: History FIVE  The next day
S502: Before I reached
S503: I went away across
S504: There was lunch
S505: And they went on singing
S506: As I am writing
S507: I was lying on my back
S508: I must here record
S509: 'But how on earth
S510: Lizzie, to whom
S511: My assailant was
S512: I had not had
S513: Hartley, dearest
S514: It was the following day
S515: I cannot bear
S601: History SIX It was a short time
S602: During the last days
S603: That day and the next
S604: And so, waiting
S605: I did not open
S606: The next day was simply
S607: I came up as far
S608: So, I had five weeks
S609: I was of course
S610: That evening the clouds
S611: It was now late
S612: I awoke and it was day
S613: When I reached the house
S614: I woke rather late
S615: I must write this
S616: I read the letter though
S617: I woke up and it was
S701: Postscript Life Goes On That no doubt
S702: Another peevish
S703: I suppose I must
S704: I have just found
S705: I saw Lizzie and Gilbert
S706: Am I settling
S707: Last night at a little
S708: A few letters have arrived
S709: I cannot think
S710: Of course this chattering
S711: Gradually autumn
S712: Yes, I wonder
S713: I did not intend
S714: Thinking further
S715: Since writing the above
S716: I have just heard
S717: There have been
S718: The shock of
S719: Peregrine opened
S720: Uncle Abel dancing
S721: My father was
S722: I have just had
S723: James said that
S724: How long I
S725: When did they
S726: Why did I
S727: If this diary
S728: Of course I do not
S729: When did I begin
S730: A busy week
S731: I must speak
S732: I have had
S733: A completely new view
S734: The people from
S735: A letter from Jeanne
S736: I have talked with Lizzie
S737: Last night I dreamt
S738: I have been to
S739: It is very foggy
S740: Took Miss
S741: Decided to release
S742: Yes of course
S743: My God, that bloody

R: Henry and Cato (1976)

begun 17 aug 1974

1st draft finished 2 feb 1975

completed 15 oct 1975 (703 handwritten pages)

subtitle: A Tale of Two Prodigal Sons

She wants to use for the cover a painting belonging to Morton May, which is in a cupboard in the vaults of the Art Museum at St Louis.

78 unnumbered chapters

characters: 772,056
words: 140,489

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Max Beckmann

 

 

trundle-tailed dog

Titian [R17]

Departure

Stephanie's brooch

kestrel

👨Henry Marshalson, 32yo, art prof, younger son of a wealthy landowner
🏎Sandy Marshalson, Henry's deceased elder brother
👵Gerda Marshalson, their mother
Laxlinden Hall, Marshalson family home
👳Cato Forbes, early thirties, priest
👧Colette Forbes, younger sister of Cato, dropout, loves Henry
👦Joseph 'Beautiful Joe' Beckett, 17yo outlaw, Cato's love
👴Lucius Lamb, poet living at Laxlinden Hall
🏩Stephanie Whitehouse, Sandy's 34yo mistress
Brendan Craddock, Cato's priest/friend, Joe's lover
👴📣John Forbes, Cato and Colette's father
Pennwood, Cato's father's house
 

R00: Part One RITES OF PASSAGE

R01: Cato Forbes had already crossed

R02: At about the hour when Cato Forbes was walking up and down in the mist on Hungerford Bridge, Henry Marshalson was awakening
bird-headed
R03: At about the hour when Cato Forbes was walking to and fro on Hungerford Bridge and Henry Marshalson was awakening from his first sleep on the jumbo jet high above the Atlantic, Gerda Marshalson

R04: An hour later Gerda was still sitting

R05: At about the hour when Cato Forbes was walking to and fro on Hungerford Bridge and Henry Marshalson was awakening from his first sleep on the jumbo jet high above the Atlantic and Gerda Marshalson and Lucius Lamb were in conference

R06: Cato Forbes, hidden underneath a black umbrella, was walking along Ladbroke Grove

R07: Henry Marshalson was standing so still

R08: 'Copper-bottomed?'

R09: 'Lucius, I do wish you wouldn't

R10: Soon thinking about himself

R11: Supposing one lacked the concept of suffering

R12: The chief reason why Hannibal succeeded

R13: The garden was darkening a little

R14: Gerda, standing at the windows

R15: The headlights of the yellow Volvo

R16: It was very dark and muddy in the lane

R17: 'That rich chap—'
Titian
R18: I wonder if Max ever saw that?

R19: Lucius, packing his suitcase, thought

R20: Gerda, looking from the terrace

R21: Henry, who had walked over

R22: Lucius puffed down the stairs with his suitcase

R23: Meanwhile upstairs harlequin Henry

R24: Constant employment was the rule at Pennwood

R25: Safe at home later

R26: John Forbes, going to bed

R27: 'I saw your kestrel again,'

R28: Gerda was standing in the ballroom

R29: Lucius was awake too

R30: 'Did you see any sign of a ring

R31: 'Colette—' 'Oh, Mrs Marshalson—'

R32: 'Oh, I'm so glad. I thought perhaps you wouldn't come

R33: 'I heard from Gerald Dealman,'

R34: Henry was standing on the terrace

R35: My dear Cato, I am sorry you went

R36: Henry was awake in the early morning

R37: 'This is the first time we've ever got drunk together

R38: 'Mother,' said Henry, 'may I introduce my fiancee

R39: Henry skipped along the hall

R40: Cato Forbes, looking around guiltily

R41: Dear Colette, I have got your sweet touching utterly ridiculous and dotty letter

R42: 'Careful,' said Henry, standing back

R43: 'Don't go on about it, Steph

R44: 'Give him his plate, and you go to bed

Part Two THE GREAT TEACHER

R45: 'It's a very little diamond

R46: 'How are you feeling, Father?'

R47: It was dark in the alleyway

R48: Gerda, dressed in her checkered blue and green robe

R49: Henry came through the front door like a whirlwind

R50: The darkness was total

R51: He had been asleep and woke

R52: Dear Henry, They want the rest of the money quick

R53: 'What is it?' said Gerda

R54: Henry was sitting at the big scrubbed kitchen table

R55: Awkwardly, dragging at her hair

R56: 'I've got to sleep,' said Henry

R57: Cato had been jerking the pipe to and fro

R58: The candle was burning on the shelf

R59: Cato had got up and was sitting on the bed

R60: 'By the way, I found those Landseer sketches

R61: 'Hello, Steph, I like your hat.'

R62: About fifteen minutes later Henry, having run

R63: 'I've never known anybody famous,' said Stephanie

R64: Henry rang the bell. A man opened the door.

R65: Twenty minutes later Henry was sitting

R66: 'I've decided to write my autobiography

R67: 'Do you mind if I sit with you, Mother?'

R68: 'Oh stop crying, Colette,' said John Forbes

R69: 'It's all fixed,' said Henry

R70: Henry was sitting on the bed

R71: Gerda, who had heard Henry's rapid descent

R72: Do you consider yourself to be sexually experienced?

R73: 'Your side looks higher, Bellamy

R74: 'Listen to the cuckoo.'

R75: 'Would you like the walnut cake?'

R76: A while later Lucius became conscious

R77: John Forbes was in bed

R78: 'You aren't taking any books?' said Cato.

Q: A Word Child (1975)

38 unnumbered chapters (mostly days of week, over about 6 weeks)

characters: 824,360
words: 151,950

'To Peter Ady' [wiki]

(yes, Peter)

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Iris Murdoch Society · A Word Child Podcast

 

Peter Pan

 

📅 Hilary Burde, 41yo lives in Bayswater rental
👳Christopher Jameson Cather, 23yo, beautiful druggie cleaner

Treason of the Clerks, his old band 

Mick Ladderslow

🕺 Jimbo Davis, Welsh ballet dancer

👧 Alexandra 'Biscuit' Bissett

🍸 Mr Pellow, alcoholic neighbor

👵Laura Impiatt, women's page journalist

👴Freddie Impiatt, Etonian? lisps

Queen's Gate Terrace, Impiatts' house

🎓 Clifford Larr, Freddie's boss

Arthur Fisch, Crysta's swain, Hilary's underling

🤡 Reggie Farbottom, the office comic

👰Thomasina Forbes Uhlmeister (Tommy)

Mr Osmand, Hilary's kind teacher

💂Gunnar Jopling

👸Lady Katharine Mallow Jopling (Lady Kitty)

Kim Spranger

Jenny Searle [real, one of IM’s research students]
 

November

Q01: THURSDAY 👳📅📞💢

treason of the clerks [wiki]

The Sibyl’s leaves = the Cumaean Sibyl, a prophetess in ancient Rome who wrote her warnings on the leaves of oak trees [cite] 

pound floated 1971

Q02: BEFORE describing the events
Q03: FRIDAY
Q04: SATURDAY

November
Q05: MONDAY
Q06: TUESDAY

electrical strike = 1973 [cite]

Q07: WEDNESDAY
Q08: THURSDAY
Q09: I walked very fast
Q10: FRIDAY
Q11: I will now tell
Q12: SATURDAY
Q13: MONDAY
Q14: TUESDAY
Q15: WEDNESDAY
Q16: THURSDAY
Q17: FRIDAY
Q18: SATURDAY
Q19: MONDAY
Q20: TUESDAY
Q21: WEDNESDAY
Q22: THURSDAY
Q23: FRIDAY
Q24: SATURDAY
Q25: SUNDAY
Q26: MONDAY
Q27: TUESDAY
Q28: WEDNESDAY
Q29: THURSDAY
Q30: It was Thursday
Q31: FRIDAY
Q32: SATURDAY
Q33: SUNDAY
Q34: MONDAY
Q35: TUESDAY
Q36: It was later
Q37: CHRISTMAS EVE
Q38: CHRISTMAS DAY
 

P: The Sacred and Profane Love Machine (1974)

"To Norah Smallwood" 65yo publisher

Rebecca West [wiki] mistook Harriet for a parody of her marriage and affairs (Monty = HG Wells? Emily = Gerd Larsen?)

57 unnumbered chapters

characters: 744,248
words: 135,594

needs editing-- lots of awkward phrasing that needs polishing

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Titian

Giorgione

1969 Jacqueline Susann title

black dogs less popular?

👨Blaise Gavender, psychotherapist
Hood House, handsome
👵 Harriet Derwent Gavender, his wife

Adrian Derwent, her brother

Ajax, her black Alsatian

Ganimede, a black miniature poodle
Babu, a black spaniel
Panda, a black labrador mongrel with white markings
Buffy, an airedale
Lawrence, a Welsh collie
Seagull, a small black and white terrier
😷David Gavender, their 16yo son
👩Emily McHugh, Blaise's 31yo mistress of nine years in Putney
👦Luca, their 8yo son

Constance Pinn, Emily's roommate

Richardson, Emily's peach and grey cat

Little Bilham, her other cat
🔍Montague (Monty) Small, detective novelist

Locketts, his cottage
💃Sophie, his two-month-deceased pretty ex-actress wife

🔫Milo Fane, his character
🤡 Edgar Demarnay, admirer of Sophie

👤Magnus Bowles 

Mrs Raines-Bloxham, elderly neighbor

👧Kiki St Loy, 17yo

Lucky Luciano

Blaise's patients:

Stanley Tumbelholme
Angelica Mendelssohn
Maurice Guimarron
Septimus Leech: O32
Penelope Biggers
Horace Ainsley
Miriam Lister
Jeannie Batwood

 midsummer

P01: The boy was there 

😷👦 #trespass
📚🔍

Excrucior, #dream 💤💭
P02: Harriet Gavender (nee Derwent)

👵👦#dream 💤💭🦇🎨😷

Ubique quo fas et gloria ducunt = where fate and glory lead
P03: Blaise Gavender had enjoyed

👨🤒#dream 💤💭🐉
P04: "'Where is Nastasia

👨📖👵😷
P05: Montague Small was awakened

🔍
P06: "Blaise is away
P07: Emily McHugh now very much
P08: Blaise Gavender was driving
P09: Blaise remembered
P10: Blaise tended to leave
P11: Monty was looking
P12: "How was poor Magnus?
P13: "What did you do
P14: My darling boy
P15: "Why don't you try
P16: Emily McHugh was sitting
P17: His failure to achieve
P18: "Monty, Monty, are you
P19: Pinn, whom Blaise
P20: My darling Harriet
P21: Harriet held the letter
P22: Blaise came back
P23: Harriet had told David
P24: "She's sitting outside
P25: Luca, sitting in the sun
P26: "Isn't it funny
P27: "You should go now
P28: After Blaise had gone
P29: "Would you like him?"
P30: Blaise, having just left
P31: "Who was that fat man
P32: "Harriet had seen her
P33: It was Saturday morning
P34: "Your resemblance to the
P35: Monty had had several
P36: Meanwhile in the Hood
P37: Monty awoke into
P38: "This one's very sweet
P39: The weather had re-established
P40: "Didn't I tell you
P41: Milo Fane, tall, cold
P42: Monty cursed
P43: "Pinn seems very happy
P44: "I'm sorry," said Monty

🔍👵
P45: "I've come to call
P46: "I want to see Harriet
P47: Monty closed and bolted
P48: Harriet stood alone
P49: Unable to take himself
P50: "If you won't fetch
P51: "Where's Kiki?"
P52: "Well, and how was it?"
P53: Blaise turned the key
P54: Harriet was not used to
P55: "What did you think
P56: "Moules?"
P57: Edgar let the Bentley