num_pages: 352
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.
language: English
title: The Bell
titlecomplete: The Bell
characters: James Tayper Pace, Toby Gashe, Catherine Fawley, Patchway, Sister Ursula, Mark Stafford, Noel Spens, Paul Greenfield, Mother Clare, Peter Topglass, Nick Fawley, Margaret Stafford, Father Bob Joyce, Dora Greenfield, Michael Meade
genres: Classics, British Literature, LGBT, Philosophy, Religion, Novels, 20th Century, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 8524
places: Gloucestershire, England, Imber Court, Gloucestershire, England, England
publisher: Vintage