Scarlet and green

Life is subject to the game of chance. Good does not triumph, and if it did, it would not be good. Strength of spirit sometimes turns into helplessness of action. The heroes of the novel, living in Dublin at the beginning of the 20th century, have to understand all this. This work, which stands apart in Murdoch's work, is largely permeated with autobiographical motifs. After all, the writer herself was born on a green island and knows the emotions and moods of the people living there very well.