The Unicorn - Hardcover
A brilliant mythical drama about well-meaning people trapped in a war of spiritual forces Marian Taylor, who has come as a companion to a lovely woman in a remote castle, becomes aware that her employer is a prisoner, not only of her obsessions, but of an unforgiving husband. Hannah, the Unicorn, seemingly an image of persecuted virtue, fascinates those who surround her, some of whom plan to rescue her from her dream of redemptive suffering. But is she an innocent victim, a guilty woman, a mad woman, or a witch? Is her spiritual life really some evil enchantment? If she is forcibly liberated will she die? The ordinary, sensible people survive, and are never sure whether they have understood."
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"Miss Murdoch has taken the stock elements of the Gothic novel and wrung hell out of them. . . . A strange combination of fairy tale and blood-and-thunder."--"Books and Bookmen"
Miss Murdoch has taken the stock elements of the Gothic novel and wrung hell out of them. . . . A strange combination of fairy tale and blood-and-thunder. Books and Bookmen"
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Miss Murdoch has taken the stock elements of the Gothic novel and wrung hell out of them. . . . A strange combination of fairy tale and blood-and-thunder. Books and Bookmen"
Iris Murdoch's witty, atmospheric subversion of the Victorian Gothic novel
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- PublisherChatto & Windus
- Publication date1963
- ISBN 10 0701109831
- ISBN 13 9780701109837
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages319
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