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The unicorn

The unicorn

by Iris Murdoch

1963GovernessesFictionLesbiansFiction, generalImprisonment
5.0
Open Library
Open Library

First lines

'How far away is it?'

About this book

When Marian Taylor takes a post as governess at Gaze Castle, a remote house on a desolate coast, she finds herself confronted with a number of weird mysteries and involved in a drama she only partly understands.

Themes & subjects

GovernessesFictionLesbiansFiction, generalImprisonmentCastles
First published 1963

About the author

Iris Murdoch
Iris Murdoch

15 July 1919 – 8 February 1999

Iris Murdoch was an Irish-born British author and philosopher, best known for her novels about sexual relationships, morality, and the power of the unconscious. Her first published novel, Under the Net, was selected in 2001 by the editorial board of the American Modern Library as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 1987, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.([Source][1].) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Murdoch

Author

Iris Murdoch

First published

1963

Pages

288

Read time

≈ 7h

Editions

35

Languages

English, Russian, Spanish

Publisher

Penguin

ISBN

9785699279616

Where to buy

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