![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The most obvious is Catherine, who is spending her last few weeks before entering the Abbey as a nun. Imber Court is described as ‘a buffer state between the Abbey and the world’ and it does seem that many of its occupants are in transition. ![]() “Our actions are like ships which we may watch set out to sea, and not know when or with what cargo they will return to port.” In many ways, The Bell is a book about actions and unintended consequences. *links provided for convenience, not as part of any affiliate programme Published: 2 nd August 1999 Genre: Literary FictionĪ.uk ǀ ǀ .uk (supporting local UK bookshops) Originally published in 1958, this funny, sad, and moving novel is about religion, sex, and the fight between good and evil.įormat: Paperback (352 pp.) Publisher: Vintage And everyone, or almost everyone, hopes to be saved, whatever that may mean. Meanwhile the wise old Abbess watches and prays and exercises discreet authority. A new bell is being installed when suddenly the old bell, a legendary symbol of religion and magic, is rediscovered. A lay community of thoroughly mixed-up people is encamped outside Imber Abbey, home of an order of sequestered nuns. ![]()
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