Iris Murdoch's London

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Iris Murdoch's London

Jorn Barger June 2002 (updated Jul2002)

Assistance welcome-- pick a book not yet covered below, and email jorn@robotwisdom.com with a list of London sites in the suggested format.

A Under the Net     J Time of the Angels  S The Sea, The Sea
B Flight/Enchanter  K Nice and the Good   T Nuns and Soldiers
C The Sandcastle    L Bruno's Dream       U Ph'sopher's Pupil
D The Bell          M F Hon'ble Defeat    V Good Apprentice
E A Severed Head    N An Accidental Man   W Book & Br'erhood
F Unofficial Rose   O The Black Prince    X Message to Planet
G The Unicorn       P S&P Love Machine    Y The Green Knight
H The Italian Girl  Q A Word Child        Z Jackson's Dilemma
I Red & the Green   R Henry and Cato

Clicking anywhere on this map should deliver one of 40 closeup streetmap-views (via streetmap.co.uk): [map]

maps: gigantic, subway

London's 32 boroughs (IM-centric highlighted): Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, City, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston upon Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Westminster [map]

Conradi's IM: A Life

1921: flat at 12 Caithness Road, Brook Green, Hammersmith (p30)
1926: semi-detached gabled house at 4 Eastbourne Road, Chiswick (p36)
1942-45: #5 Seaforth Place, Brewer's Green (p142)
1963: small flat at 59 Harcourt Terrace, SW10, off Radcliffe Square (p471)
1970: Cornwall Gardens, South Kensington (p537)

IM 35yo

A.Under the Net

Aa: Magdalen's heavy-weight house in Earl's Court Road (p9)
Ab.: Sammy Starfield's Piccadilly offices (p14)
Ac: Mrs Tinckham's newspaper shop near Charlotte Street (p15)
Ad: Dave's reddish black mansion off Goldhawk Road
Ae: Anna's old tiny service flat off Bayswater Road
Af: Soho-- Brewer st, Old Compton St, Greek st, Pillars of Hercules
Ag: Anna's Miming Theatre, Hammersmith Mall (p34)
Ah: Sadie's Welbeck street
Ai: Chelsea Bridge (p62)
Aj: Hugo's flat on top of office buildings, Holborn Viaduct (p91)
Ak: General Post Office (p103)
Al: Thames swim (p106)
Am: Covent Garden Market (p109)
An: Wallace Collection (p121)
Ao: Victoria Embankment (p155)

Bounty Belfounder studio (p153)

in early drafts 1d was located at 0d [pjc381]

B.The Flight from the Enchanter

C.The Sandcastle

D.The Bell

IM 40yo

E.A Severed Head

F An Unofficial Rose

Fa: Emma's dark overfurnished flat in a large red-brick Edwardian block in Notting Hill Gate (p10, 31)
Fb: Randall's little flat in Chelsea (p23)
Fc: Hugh's flat in Brompton Square (p90)
Fd: Felix's rooms in Ebury Street (p92)
Fe: big Edwardian pub near the corner of Church Street (p114)
Ff: Humphrey at Cadogan Place (p315)

Grayhallock, Romney Marsh (p13) 20 miles from the sea (p18) near Ashford (p139)

G.The Unicorn

IM 45yo

H.The Italian Girl

I.The Red and the Green

Ia: the Drumms' bright little flat in South Kensington (p97)

J.The Time of the Angels

K.The Nice and the Good

IM 50yo

L.Bruno's Dream

M.A Fairly Honourable Defeat

N.An Accidental Man

O.The Black Prince

IM 55yo

P.The Sacred and Profane Love Machine

Q.A Word Child

R.Henry and Cato

S.The Sea, The Sea

Sa: Charles' (former) big flat in Barnes (p15)
Sb: Charles' tiny pied-a-terre in Shepherd's Bush (p15)
Sc: James's flat in Pimlico (p66)
Sd: Rosina's name (no longer) in lights on Shaftesbury Avenue (p73)

IM 60yo

T.Nuns and Soldiers

Ta: Guy and Gertrude's big flat in Ebury Street (p2)
Tb: the Count's featureless block of flats between King's Road and Fulham Road (p34)
Tc: Prince of Denmark, near Fitzroy Square (p71)
Td: Daisy's one-room between Hammersmith and Shepherd's Bush (p83)
Te: Tim's loft over a garage off Chiswick High Road (p83)
Tf: Anne's flat in St John's Wood (p275)
Tg: Ed's little factory in Hoxton (p474)

U.The Philosopher's Pupil

Ua: Tom's (and Emma's) digs near Kings Cross (p110)
Ub: Mr Hanway's dark little flat in a red brick mansion block in Knightsbridge (p402)

IM 65yo

V.The Good Apprentice

Va: Edward's small bedsitter in a shabby terrace house in Camden Town (p1)
Vb: Harry's tall house in Bloomsbury (p13)
Vc: McCaskervilles' house in Fulham (p18)
Vd: Mrs Quaid's near Fitzroy Square (p49)
Ve: Harry's Chelsea lovenest (p173)
Vf: Stuart's old digs off the Fulham Palace Road (p327)
Vg: Jesse's old place on Flood Street in Chelsea (p336)
Vh: Max Point's barge off Cheyne Walk (p350)
Vi: Maison Carree in Soho (p454)

W.The Book and the Brotherhood

Wa: Jenkin's little terrace house in Shepherd's Bush off the Goldhawk Road near the Arches (p54, 121) [map]
Wb: Gerard's house in Notting Hill (p55) near French Embassy (p209)
Wc: Duncan's flat in Kensington (p71)
Wd: Violet and Tamar's flat in Acton
We: Lily's flat near Sloane Square (p144)
Wf: Crimond in Camberwell? (p153)
Wg: Rose's flat in Kensington (p222)
Wh: King's Cross Station (p431)
Wi: Gulliver's luck (p604)

IM 70yo

X.The Message to the Planet

IM 75yo

Y.The Green Knight

Ya: Kensington Gardens
Yb: Harvey's flat in North End Road
Yc: Louise Anderson's 4-storey terrace-house near Brook Green (Hammersmith)
Yd: Tessa Millen's thin house in Kilburn (p56)
Ye: Emil's flat off Brompton road (p59)
Yf: Lucas's house in Notting Hill
Yg: Clement's little shabby flat in Fulham (p149)
Yh: Bellamy's old flat in Camden Town; Peter Mir's (p296)
Yj: small park in North London???

Yg: Bellamy's room in Whitechapel (p116)

Z.Jackson's Dilemma

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