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UNDER THE NET
by Iris Murdoch
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
1955 Reprint Society edition, the year after the first edition. VG+/VG+. Very light wear. Dust jacket is in a clear protective sleeve. Ownership signature of actor Edward Herrmann in pencil on the rear endpaper otherwise clean interior.
Synopsis
Published in 1954, Under the Net is the first novel by Anglo-Irish novelist, Iris Murdoch. The novel depicts the comedic struggles of Jake Donaghue, a striving young writer, to make it in the world and redeem himself for past faults. After getting kicked out of the house where he was freeloading, Jake finds his way to the workplace of his ex-girlfriend, Anna Quentin, who tells him to contact her sister, Sadie, for help. Jake quickly realizes that the two sisters have a connection to Hugo Belfounder, an old friend and philosopher who Jake betrayed by writing a novel about their philosophical conversations. After a series of misadventures, Jake and Hugo finally reconnect, and Jake reconciles with his past and ultimately realizes that his literary adventures are just beginning. Under the Net propelled Iris Murdoch to the public eye–it is known as one of her most popular novels. In 1998, Under the Net was selected as one of the books to appear in the Modern Library’s 100 Best Novels of the 20th-century list.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Time
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042424-37
- Title
- UNDER THE NET
- Author
- Iris Murdoch
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: The Reprint Society
- Date Published
- 1955
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- VG+/VG+
- A book in slightly better than Very Good Condition with a dust jacket that is in slightly better than Very Good Condition. Very...
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