The Unicorn

Iris Murdoch's witty, atmospheric subversion of the Victorian Gothic novel

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY STEPHEN MEDCALF

When Marian Taylor takes the post of governess at Gaze castle, remote house on a beautiful but desolate coast, she finds herself confronted with many strange mysteries. What kind of crime or catastrophe in the past still keeps the house under a brooding spell? And is her employer Hannah an innocent victim, a guilty woman, a lunatic, or a witch?