The Bell (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

Description

A lay community of thoroughly mixed-up people is encamped outside Imber Abbey, home of an order of sequestered nuns. A new bell is being installed when suddenly the old bell, a legendary symbol of religion and magic, is rediscovered. And then things begin to change. Meanwhile the wise old Abbess watches and prays and exercises discreet authority. And everyone, or almost everyone, hopes to be saved, whatever that may mean. Originally published in 1958, this funny, sad, and moving novel is about religion, sex, and the fight between good and evil. With an introduction by A. S. Byatt. 1958......Page 1 CHAPTER 1......Page 2 CHAPTER 2......Page 19 CHAPTER 3......Page 33 CHAPTER 4......Page 38 CHAPTER 5......Page 50 CHAPTER 6......Page 69 CHAPTER 7......Page 89 CHAPTER 8......Page 107 CHAPTER 9......Page 118 CHAPTER 10......Page 127 CHAPTER 11......Page 135 CHAPTER 12......Page 144 CHAPTER 13......Page 156 CHAPTER 14......Page 165 CHAPTER 15......Page 175 CHAPTER 16......Page 183 CHAPTER 17......Page 192 CHAPTER 18......Page 204 CHAPTER 19......Page 209 CHAPTER 20......Page 217 CHAPTER 21......Page 233 CHAPTER 22......Page 240 CHAPTER 23......Page 247 CHAPTER 24......Page 259 CHAPTER 25......Page 265 CHAPTER 26......Page 275