艾瑞斯·默多克是英国当代最有影响的女作家之一。她一生著述颇丰,曾6次获得英国文学布克奖提名,位列英国作家之冠。她的作品全面尖刻地描写了资本主义社会中人们的社会与精神生活,尤其在表现资本主义社会在二战后的种种社会的和心理的危机方面更具有深度和力度, Iris Murdoch is one of the most influential female writers in the UK. She has a long history and has been nominated for the British Literature Booker Award 6 times, ranking the highest among British writers. Her works comprehensively and sharply depict the social and spiritual life of people in capitalist society, especially in demonstrating the depth and intensity of capitalist society in the various social and psychological crises after World War II,