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The Sandcastle is a 1957 novel by Iris Murdoch set largely in and around an English boys' school. Its plot follows a married schoolmaster whose settled professional and domestic life is unsettled by an infatuation with a young woman who has come to paint a portrait. The novel uses the school setting to examine desire, duty, self-deception, and the tensions within postwar middle-class life.
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How good is The Sandcastle?
The Sandcastle scores 6.62/10 (Fair) on Lunoo, making it rated in the Campus Novel category.
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