Ninety-Nine Novels: The Bell by Iris Murdoch

[@beanosnico4487]

Thank you so much for this. I have learned a lot and enjoyed greatly.

[@clarkson64]

This was fascinating and illuminating. Thank you

[@thecuriousnerd6801]

Hi can you please share the name of the music at the beginning at the video ?

[@anthony_burgess]

Yes, of course. The theme music is Concerto for Flute, Strings and Piano in D Minor by Anthony Burgess. It is played by No Dice Collective. It’s not available commercially, but you can listen to the whole piece as part of No Dice’s virtual concert at the Burgess Foundation from 2021 here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGTSaHuAptOZns0feature=shared

[@thecuriousnerd6801]

@anthony_burgess many thanks mate!

[@seto749]

Did the guest think Julius was making a serious attack on Simon and Axel? I always wondered how much to believe his telling Tallis that was only a blind to distract Morgan as he pushed her into involvement with Rupert.

[@johnsharman7262]

Question: was Burgess a good novelist? Murdoch invested in the novel form and explored ideas of goodness and desire. Burgess was experimental , exploring through language more than content, his experiences, but could he write a good novel? Like Flann O'Brien he attracts lots of outsiders to English fiction, a new way of looking at things. I think Murdoch inhabits a greater place in fiction. Burgess was a better critic of fiction.

[@nledaig]

Her name ends in "'ch" not "-k"