Description: The Bell : Paperback : Vintage Publishing : 9780099470489 : : 25 Feb 2004 : Discover Murdoch's wonderful writing in this compelling story of a young woman and an unusual religious lay community. A lay community of thoroughly mixed-up people is encamped outside Imber Abbey, home to an enclosed order of nuns.
The Bell by Iris Murdoch
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