The Sandcastle (novel)

The Sandcastle (novel)

infobox Book |
name = The Sandcastle
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author = Iris Murdoch
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country = Ireland
language = English
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genre = Novel
publisher = Chatto and Windus
release_date = December 1957
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 320 pp (hardback edition)
isbn = ISBN 0-7011-0979-3 (hardback edition)
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followed_by =

"The Sandcastle" is a novel by Iris Murdoch, published in 1957. It is the story of a middle-aged schoolmaster (Mor) with political ambitions who meets a young painter (Rain), come to paint the Headmaster's (Demoyte) portrait.

Characters in "The Sandcastle"

*Bill Mor
*Nan Mor (Mor's wife)
*Felicity Mor (Mor's daughter)
*Donald Mor (Mor's son)
*Rain Carter
*Demoyte (former Headmaster)


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