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The Black Prince Iris Murdoch First Edition 1st Printing 1973 Viking HB

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Item traits

Category:

Antiquarian & Collectible

Quantity Available:

Only one in stock, order soon

Condition:

Unspecified by seller, may be new.

Binding:

Hardcover

Special Attributes:

1st Edition

Topic:

Literature & Fiction Diaries & Correspondence

Year Printed:

1973

Country/Region of Manufacture:

United States

Region:

North America

Language:

English

Original/Facsimile:

Original

Place of Publication:

US

Subject:

Literature & Fiction

Signed:

No

Publisher:

Viking

Modified Item:

No

Author:

Iris Murdoch

Personalized:

Yes

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Shipping weights of all items added together for savings.

Posted for sale:

September 18

Item number:

1769713141

Item description

The Black Prince tells the story of Bradley Pearson, a fifty-eight year old man who has previously published three books. In order to write a great novel, he quits his lifelong job as a tax inspector, but soon finds himself struck with writer's block. He decides to spend the summer in a rented cottage on the coast for inspiration. Before he can leave for the coast, however, a series of events keeps him home. When his detested ex-wife's brother, Francis visits him he finds out that his ex wife, Christian, has returned to London. He is called to intervene in a marital dispute between his close friends, Arnold and Rachel Baffin. Arnold is a successful but unartistic writer. During the fight, Rachel Baffin hits her head on the fireplace poker, but is not dead, as Arnold initially fears. After leaving their house, Bradley runs into the Baffins' twenty-year-old daughter, Julian, by the subway station. She wants Bradley to teach her how to write. The next morning, Bradley's sister, Priscilla, unexpectedly arrives, because she has left her husband. She almost immediately tries to commit suicide with sleeping pills. During the confusion of her suicide attempt, for which all of the Baffins and Francis Marloe are present, Christian, Bradley's ex-wife, appears, but is taken away by Arnold before Bradley sees her.

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