The Philosopher's Pupil

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The Philosopher's Pupil is a philosophical novel by Iris Murdoch that explores morality, love, and power dynamics within a small English town centered around a charismatic but troubling former teacher.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
author Iris Murdoch ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
explores abuse of power ⓘ
charismatic authority ⓘ
conflicts between reason and passion ⓘ
ethical responsibility ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
psychological novel ⓘ
hasCentralRelationship philosopher and former pupil ⓘ
hasCharacter Emma ⓘ
Hattie Meynell ⓘ
Stella McCaffrey ⓘ
Tom McCaffrey ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
hasMainCharacter George McCaffrey ⓘ
John Robert Rozanov ⓘ
hasMotif fire ⓘ
vision and blindness ⓘ
water ⓘ
hasPhilosophicalInfluence Platonism ⓘ
existentialism ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
hasStructure multi-character ensemble narrative ⓘ
hasTone darkly comic ⓘ
serious ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm long novel ⓘ
literaryMovement postwar British literature ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
partOf Iris Murdoch bibliography ⓘ
publisher Chatto & Windus ⓘ
setting Ennistone ⓘ
settingCountry England ⓘ
theme guilt ⓘ
love ⓘ
morality ⓘ
power dynamics ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
spiritual crisis ⓘ
teacher–student relationships ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 20th century ⓘ
writtenBy Iris Murdoch ⓘ

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