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The Unicorn

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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Jan 1987 Penguin ISBN 014002476X
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Feb 2001 Vintage (UK) ISBN 0099285347
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Jan 1963 Ebury Publishing (UK) ISBN 0701109831
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May 1963 Viking ISBN 0670740772
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