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      The Unicorn

      by Iris Murdoch
      Published
      Jan 1963
      Main Genre
      Gothic Gothic
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      272
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      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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      Romance

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      Gothic

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      Jan 1987 Penguin ISBN13 9780140024760 ISBN10 014002476X
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      Feb 2001 Vintage (UK) ISBN13 9780099285342 ISBN10 0099285347
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      Jan 1963 Ebury Publishing (UK) ISBN13 9780701109837 ISBN10 0701109831
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      May 1963 Viking ISBN13 9780670740772 ISBN10 0670740772
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      Jan 1987 Penguin ISBN13 9781101494240 ISBN10 1101494247
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      Jan 1987 Penguin ISBN10 B0049MPVH2
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      Nov 2008 Vintage ISBN13 9781409024538 ISBN10 1409024539
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