The Unicorn by Iris Murdoch

 

This isn't my favorite Iris Murdoch work. She's done better but it's all right. It's about a governess who arrives only to learn that the person she is governing is an adult named Hannah. Hannah is being imprisoned by her husband who hasn't been there in years. This is for an affair she committed. There's another man called Effingham who is infatuated with Hannah. The book sees Hannah as a unicorn figure, a representation of purity. The governess tries to rescue Hannah but the plan backfires. I need to read Under the Net again. It's been a while, I also really need to read The Sea, The Sea the one she won the Booker Prize for.