Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex
AUSTRALIA: Penguin Books Pty Ltd, 762 Whitehorse Road,
Mitcham, Victoria
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First published by Chatto & Windus 1961
Published in Penguin Books 1963
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Copyright © Iris Murdoch, 1961
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Made and printed in Great Britain
by C. Nicholls & Company Ltd
Set in Linotype Granjon
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