Title: A fairly honourable defeat
First published: 1970
Description: "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 forthcoming twentieth anniversary party." ([Source][1])


  [1]: http://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=10015
Subjects: English fiction, Fiction, Literature, Women authors, aging, married life, morality, relationships, society, Fiction, psychological, Interpersonal relations, Man-woman relationships, Gay couples, Dominance (Psychology)
Places: England
People: Hilda Foster, Rupert Foster