Ready Reference Treatise: Under the Net

By Raja Sharma

“Under the Net” was the first novel written by Iris Murdoch. It was published in 1954. The story is set in London and Paris.

The story of the novel revolves around a young struggling writer named Jake Donaghue.

Owing to its philosophical and the picaresque, “Under the Net” is said to be the most popular novel of Iris Murdoch.

The story is dedicated to Raymond Queneau. In the first chapter of the novel there is mention of two very famous books. The story is full of allusions and references to the novels of the past such as “Murphy” by Samuel Beckett, and “Pierrot Mon” by Queneau.

The story of “Under the Net” teems with the echoes of these two novels.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raja Sharma
• Release date: Mar 18, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301858026

Raja Sharma

Raja Sharma is a retired college lecturer.He has taught English Literature to University students for more than two decades.His students are scattered all over the world, and it is noticeable that he is in contact with more than ninety thousand of his students.

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Ready Reference Treatise: Under the Net

Raja Sharma

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Ready Reference Treatise: Under the Net

Raja Sharma

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Preface

Guide books or book notes are primarily written to make students understand the original text better, especially from all those angles which are often overlooked by a casual reader.

But, in the recent years it has been noticed that a very large majority of the students, without reading the original texts, rely on the guide books or notes prepared by their teachers or others. This is definitely not a healthy habit because students do pass their exams with the help of such notes; they miss so many things which haunt them in their later lives.

I would strongly advise all students to read the original text once again even if you have already read it, after reading this short treatise. You will see that the same story, after reading this treatise, will begin to give many new meanings to you.

All the best

Raja Sharma

Chapter One: Introduction

Under the Net was the