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    A new bell, legendary symbol of religion and magic, is rediscovered. Dora Greenfield, erring wife, returns to her husband. Michael Mead, leader of the community, is confronted by Nick Fawley, with whom he had disastrous homosexual relations, while the wise old Abbess watches and prays and exercises discreet authority. And everyone, or almost everyone, hopes to be saved, whatever that may mean....Iris Murdoch's funny and sad novel has themes of religion, the fight between good and evil, and the terrible accidents of human frailty.

    As James Morris, the author packed along with the climbers, reaching one camp below the summit. Includes a new Introduction by the author. 10 photos.

    This volume also contains 'Something Unspoken' and 'Summer and Smoke'.

     Martin Stone returns to the city from which his family was driven in 1938. He has concealed his destination from his father, and hopes to win some form of restitution for the depressed old man living in exile in London. THE LOST EUROPEANS portrays a tense, ruined yet flourishing Berlin where nothing is quite what it seems.

    Poems: Shakespeare contains selections from Shakespeare's work, including his sonnets, his narrative poems Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, songs and speeches, and an index of first lines.

    These are the novels which explore the interlocking worlds of Sara Monday, Tom Wilcher, and the tragicomic artist Gulley Jimson. And these are novels which have won Mr. Cary his popular acclaim. In First Trilogy the novels are brought together for the first time in a single volume. The purpose is obvious—to ensure that readers will approach the trilogy in the order of the author's intention. For only then can the full scope of the work be understood and appreciated. In all of his writing Mr. Cary's concern is with the free creative spirit of contemporary man. In First Trilogy he is exploring the world of the artist as later, in his second trilogy, he explores the world of the politician. And what a world it is, seen in terms of his characters—so rich and varied with the stuff of life. The text of The Horse's Mouth in this edition incorporates changes made by the author and Professor Andrew Wright of Ohio State University for a limited edition of the novel. The introduction, by Mr. Cary, was written especially for this volume.

    Introduction: Europe in 1815. Diplomacy & the relations among states. The settlement of Vienna. The forces of the futurec2. The restoration period: The concert of Europe. The revolutions of 1830. Mediterranean problems. Extra-European developmentsc3. The mid-century crisis: Europe in mid-century. The revolutions in France, Italy & Austria. The revolution in the Germanies. The balance sheet of 1848c4. Successes of nationalism: The Eastern question. The unification of Italy. Some secondary issues. Europe & the making of Germany2/The era of stability, 1871-1914c5. The period as a whole: Some general characteristics of the period. The individual powers and their problems. The sources of informationc6. The Bismarckian period, 1871-90: The first Dreikaiserbund & the recovery of France. The Near Eastern question, 1875-78. Bismarck's new system of alliances, 1879-82. Beginnings of the new imperialism. The end of the Bismarckian systemc7. The realignment of power, 1890-1904: The Franco-Russian alliance. Imperial rivalries & the isolation of Britain. Fashoda: the Anglo-French showdown. Britain reconsiders isolation. Emergence of a new alignment of powerc8. The road to war, 1904-14: Germany & the Anglo-French entente. The Triple Entente. The Bosnian annexation crisis. The 2nd Moroccan Crisis & its aftermath. The Near Eastern question again3/The 20th-century transitionc9. Introduction: The 20th-century world: The realignment of power. The underlying forces of changec10. The First World War & the ensuing settlements: The July crisis. The diplomacy of the war. The diplomacy of the peace. Europe & the world in 1920c11. The false recovery & the era of illusions, 1920-30: The end of the wartime alliance or the Anglo-French duel. The search for stability. The seeming triumph of collective securityc12. The return to reality, 1930-36: The political importance of economics. Europe & Nazi Germany. The end of the Versailles systemc13. Preparations for war, 1936-39: The realignment of power. The year 1938: Germany begins to move. The end of the "long armistice"c14. The 2nd World War & its immediate aftermath, 1939-47: The European war. The war becomes worldwide. The diplomacy of the war. Between war & peacec15. The Cold War: The hardening of rival positions. The tentative relaxation of uneasy coexistenceBibliographyIndex of NamesIndex of Subjects