The Sea, the Sea
What is the main conflict in The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch?
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A series of letters and uninvited visitors repeatedly disrupts Charles' refuge, the most disturbing of which involve previous lovers. After a particularly emotional encounter, Charles suddenly realizes that a woman almost run down by the departing visitor's car is in fact his childhood sweetheart, Hartley.