num_pages: 362
description: Iris Murdoch's richly peopled novel revolves round a happily married couple Kate and Octavian and the friends of all ages attached to their household in Dorset. The novel deals with love in its two aspects the self-gratifying and the impersonal; - The Nice And The Good - as they are embodied in a fascinating array of paired characters. The Nice And The Good leads through stress and terror to a joyous and compassionate Midsummer Nights Dream conclusion in which the couples all sort themselves out neatly and omnia vincit amor.
language: English
title: The Nice and the Good
publisher: Penguin Books