IrisThis volume comprises Iris and Iris and the Friends, two memoirs of the philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease. Written by her husband, the memoirs are at times unbearably moving, at times poignantly comical. |
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... least disillusioned . I was so much in love ( or so I told myself ) that I saw clearly and without dismay that Iris was not in the least in love with me . She had told me about her novel as an act of kindness , seeing that I was ...
... least disillusioned . I was so much in love ( or so I told myself ) that I saw clearly and without dismay that Iris was not in the least in love with me . She had told me about her novel as an act of kindness , seeing that I was ...
Page 252
... least upset or tantalised . Both seemed to me equally marvellous , equally full of a kind of onrushing and intoxicating promise . What did it matter if she didn't know what line to take , what to think of this new development ? I didn't ...
... least upset or tantalised . Both seemed to me equally marvellous , equally full of a kind of onrushing and intoxicating promise . What did it matter if she didn't know what line to take , what to think of this new development ? I didn't ...
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... least a few years back ? Plenty of gin there seemed to be in the drinks of those days . I remember loving the sensation of swimmingness the cocktails induced . It didn't then in the least impair my powers of perception or locomotion ...
... least a few years back ? Plenty of gin there seemed to be in the drinks of those days . I remember loving the sensation of swimmingness the cocktails induced . It didn't then in the least impair my powers of perception or locomotion ...
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