A fairly honourable defeat
Gay couples
Relationships
Society
Aging
English fiction
Women authors
Fiction, psychological
Interpersonal relations
Literature
Man-woman relationships
Fiction
"One of Iris Murdoch’s more successful novels, A Fairly Honourable Defeat combines elements of realism and allegory to create a commentary on the moral shortcomings of the individual and society. The book opens as Hilda and Rupert Foster, an ostensibly happily-married couple, anticipate their forthc…
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