The Nice and the Good

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The Nice and the Good is a 1968 philosophical novel by Iris Murdoch that intertwines a murder mystery with explorations of morality, love, and human goodness in contemporary English life.

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instanceOf murder mystery novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Iris Murdoch ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
exploresConcept ethical responsibility ⓘ
forgiveness ⓘ
self-knowledge ⓘ
the nature of goodness ⓘ
firstEditionFormat hardcover ⓘ
followsWork The Italian Girl ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter Barbara ⓘ
Eric Sears ⓘ
John Ducane ⓘ
Julius King ⓘ
Kate Gray ⓘ
Mary Clothier ⓘ
Octavian Gray ⓘ
Paula ⓘ
Pierce ⓘ
Theo Tasek ⓘ
Willy Kost ⓘ
hasMotif bureaucratic power ⓘ
magic and the occult ⓘ
romantic entanglements ⓘ
hasPageCountApprox ~350 ⓘ
hasPhilosophicalInfluence Platonism ⓘ
existentialism ⓘ
hasSetting Dorset ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
hasStructure interwoven domestic drama and crime investigation ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage English ⓘ
literaryMovement postwar British literature ⓘ
mainTheme human goodness ⓘ
love ⓘ
morality ⓘ
narrativeElement murder investigation ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Iris Murdoch bibliography ⓘ
precedesWork Bruno’s Dream ⓘ
publicationYear 1968 ⓘ
publisher Chatto & Windus ⓘ
setInPeriod contemporary English life ⓘ
timePeriodOfAction 20th century ⓘ

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Iris Murdoch → notableWork → The Nice and the Good ⓘ